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A FIRST 



GERMAN READING BOOK 



CONTACsIXG 



DAS TAUBCHEN; 

OR, 

THE DOVE; 

A TALE FOR THE YOUNG, BY CH, SCHMID. 

WITH 

AN INTRODUCTORY GRAMMAR, 



A VOCABULARY CONTAINING EVERY WORD 
OCCURRING IN THE TEXT. 





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LONDOX : 




CHARLES H. LAW, 


SCHOOL LIBRARY, 131, 
1851. 


FLEET ST. 






Entered at Stationers' Hall 



eondon: 

printed by grubb and co,, 11, camomile street. 

bishopsgate« 



INTRODUCTION. 



Chkistoph Schmip is the author of a number of justly 
admired, simple, and beautiful narratives for the young. His 
„%atibtf)ttl/' or "The Dove," is here offered to the beginner 
in German. The Vocabulary added to it will be found to con- 
tain every word occurring in the text, and also, all the neces- 
sary information concerning the irregulars, and such points as 
have not been noticed in the Introductory Grammar, which, 
though it contains nothing but what is indispensably neces- 
sary, contains enough to lead the student, who makes himself 
thoroughly acquainted with its contents, to as much know- 
ledge of the German language as will enable him to go through 
the text with considerable facility. 

The more important features and peculiarities of the text 
have been classified in the " Notes" for the purpose of repeti- 
tion* 

Concise rules for pronunciation, and reading-lessons, con- 
taining some of the most usual phrases in daily intercourse, 
have been given. Thes should be committed to memory* 



IV INTRODUCTION* 

The pronunciation of the German is exceedingly simple. 
The rule is "to speak it as it is written, and to write 
it as it is spoken." Those who have some knowledge 
of the French, and, of course, know how to pronounce # 
and it, have but one sound (d)) left them to learn. The 
it is infallibly pronounced by pronouncing full round the 
English ee, the lips, almost closed, being brought into a pro- 
jecting position. The o, for instance, in the word SMrfe, is 
pronounced like the u in its equivalent purse ; the English 
word gutter is pronounced very nearly like the German word 
©otter, gods. The long o is pronounced like the French eu 
m peu ; thus the German ge^ori is pronounced similar to the 
ea in its equivalent heard, or like the u in hurt, but a little 
rounder* The German guttural 6) is generally called a dreadful 
letter. I therefore propose to English students not to con- 
sider it as a letter at all, but merely as a loud breathing, and 
they are sure not to have any difficulty in pronouncing it 
correctly, or at least to surmount it at the first intercourse with 
a native. However bold this assertion may appear, still fre- 
quent trials have proved its accuracy. For instance, if you 
are to read tcf), pronounce the iwith the short sound oiee, then 
push a loud breath through the upper teeth, but be not con- 
founded by the c or ch, which is not to be considered at all, 
nor is the breath to be interrupted, but joined to the ee 3 and 
i&) will be correctly pronounced. Again tt>el$er, pronounce 
vel — then push the breath loudly through the upper teeth and 
join er to it. Even admitting that a teacher's or native's pro- 
nouncing it to the student would be desirable to settle the 
matter, yet I am confident that the first trials will do so, and 



INTRODUCTION. V 

there is no necessity to drag with a bad pronunciation of this 
letter through a space of time as long as ten minutes. 

The few rules given for pronouncing the other letters will 
be found sufficient. 

In learning the alphabet, the student need only consider 
the form of the letters, and the names of the vowels, and to 
make up his mind to call one letter always the same, with the 
only distinction, that vowels are sometimes long and some- 
times short. As-lto the consonants, a careful attention to the 
guide given will be sufficient. It is of no importance to know 
the names of the consonants ; however, their names and value 
have been given under the head Alphabet. There are no mute 
letters in German, except the Ij, which is frequently used to 
make a vowel long. In German no such sound exists as the 
English give to the th in words like think, the, &c. ; tlj in 
German is pronounced like t, as : t^Utt (toon), to do; Sadler, 
(tailor), dales. 

The English are apt to pronounce an r after a final vowel, 
especially when the succeeding word begins with another 
vowel; they will read: Qattt (r) er e3? had he it? $fy 
fyabt (r) tptt gefeljen, I have seen him ; fyc. This is a fault 
which should be avoided. 

It is necessary to become acquainted with the German cha- 
racters, as it is not likely that they will be superseded by the 
Roman, notwithstanding the attempts that have been made 
for the purpose. 

After having gone through the Introductory Grammar, the 
student should learn the different sections of the Vocabulary 
by heart, before he begins to translate the text. For this 



VI INTRODUCTION. 

purpose they have been arranged in corresponding divisions 
A viva voce translation from German into English and from 
English into German, might be made, and a conversation on 
the text directed by any person sufficiently familiar with the 
grammar, to correct the mistakes of the student. A guide to 
this process will be found in p. 131, &c. 

Those who study without the assistance of a teacher, should 
translate the text into English, retranslate it, section by 
section, into German, and then compare their version with the 
original ; this process will establish the words and sentences 
more effectually upon the memory,, 

1, Annettes Crescent, Islington, 
March 29&1851. 






THE ALPHABET. 






a 


Hand- Pro- 
writing nounced 

a <&£*** ah 


ZtsA 

a 


$1 n 


Hand- 
writing 1 

9Z.^ 


Pro- 
lounced 

en 


Eng, 
iish 

n 


8 


6 J£ ,/ beh 


b 


O o 


w ~ 


oh 





© 


C =*^ -*- tseh 


c 


# P 


r? 


peh 


P 


2) 


b ~0 ^ deh 


d 


(l 


c^ ^ 


koo 


q 


<S 


e ji- ,-«- eh 


e 


3J r 


(/i^ s**^ 


err 


r 




f ^^Z ef 

<5 ^ -^ m 


f 

g 


©fa 

£ t 




ess 
teh 


s 
t 


£ 


I) ~g£- ^ hah 


h 


U u 


L/C* ^*^ 


ooh 


u 


3 


I J^ - ee 


i 


a* » 


<& ~ 


fow 


V 


3 


i^y yot 


J 


2B w 


0P ^ 


veh 


TV 


# 


I & & kah 


k 


£ r 




iks 


X 




I ^ ^ el 
It 0/Z-^*^ em 


i 

m 
1 


8) 9 
3 3 


Ms 


ipsilon y 
tset z 



Notice the difference between: 

81 and U-© and 3) — © and (g— ©and® — 3 

and£ — £), £)and£_$ ; $ and ft — 3W and SB 
j) and t) — f) and t) — f and f — CJ and q — f and t 
Ul and ft — 11 and U — t and X — tt and t). 

Simple Vov^els. 

21 a, (S e, 3 i, £> o, U u, $ 9. 

Modified Vowels. 

Sle a, £>e 6, lie u. 



<g^ 



^<V 



<U- 



Sit at, 



& 
ff 

ff 



Diphthongs. 

3ltt an, Steu 



ait, 



/-*^ s&Lr+^y 



<8u, ett, ie. 



^**^ ^7 



et, 



s**+y 






Double Consonants. 






ch 
ck 

ff 
fl 



ff 
fl 




# 

^r 

/ 

/ 



Notice the difference between : 

ff and ff— ft and fl — ft and ft — £ and $.- 



sch 

ss 

St 

sz 

tz 



Pronunciation of the Simple Vowels. 

% a — like a in father, part. — It is made long by doubling 
it, as in $tal, eel; or joining £, as : SBatjtt, path. 

@ e — like e in men, or like a in made. ($ is made long by 
the insertion of Ij, as : le^ren, to teach. A double e is 
pronounced long, as : ©eele, soul. But when two e ; s 
occur, which belong to different syllables, they are 
both pronounced, as : fceengett, to straiten. 

3 t — like ee in been, or i in ill. — nttr, to me ; tmttter, always. 

ID — like o in English, as : ©ott, God. 

lilt — like oo in English, as : gut, good. 

% 9 — like ee in English. This letter is falling into disuse, 
and only used in words derived from the Greek. 
Vowels are long when preceding an £ in the same syllable, 

and in general short before a double consonant. 



Pronunciation of the modified Vowels and 
Diphthongs. 

5Ke, a — like a in fame, hare. — 33ar, bear, £arte, harshness. 

De, 6 — like eu in the French jeune, peu. 

Ue ; it — like u in the French plus. 

%X f COX — like ou in house, or ow in now. $avt$, house. 

2lt, at ; St, et; — like y in my.— ^at'fer, emperor, ntefn, my. 

®U, eu; 2leu, au$ Oi, Ot;— like oi in oil, or oy in boy. — 
Sule, ow/ ; $aufer, houses. 

it — likeeeinfoe; et, like y in w?y. This shows that the 
English will pronounce these letters right, if they merely 
pronounce the last of the two according to their own 
language. — SBet'fe, manner ; SBtefe, meadow; feil, for 
sale; fid, fell; <£titl, handle ; jletl, steep. 



Pronunciation of Consonants. 

(£ is pronounced like ts before e, t, a, ix, cm, and ett, and 
like k before a, 0, tt, au; hence it is pronounced like k, 
whenever it is pronounced as such in English, and as ts, 
when in English it sounds like s, as : (£omct, (come't) ; 
(£erc3, (Tseh-res), Ceres. 

(£{j I. like k at the beginning of words, when preceding a con- 
sonant, or a, 0, U ; also before an f originally of the same 
syllable, as : &<$)$ (ox), ox; gu$S (fooks),/6#; Dcfjfett 
(oxen), oxen; S^arafter (character,) character, 
II. as the Scotch pronunciation of ch in loch, after vowels 

and diphthongs, and after \, n, r* 
III. In a few words derived from the French it is pronounced 
like shj as : (S^arlotte, Sfjantpagner. 

© at the beginning of a word or syllable, is always pro- 
nounced hard, like g in go, give, &c, as : ©o&e, gah'ba, 
gift, gefren, gar ben, to give ; at the end of a syllable like 
g in the English word log ; after the letter n like k, as: 
£>0ffruwg (hoff'noonk), hope. 

j like y in English. 

© like the English z. 

©§ like sh, as : ©filler, (Shiller) ; ©$a§, (Shats), treasure. 
When these letters do not belong to the same syllable, the 
final $ is used, as : ©Ic&cfjen, glaze'-c^en, a Utile glass. 

% is pronounced as in English, but before an i followed by 
another vowel like ts, as : Nation, (nah^tsjee-ohn') nation. 

X§ is pronounced like t, but somewhat harder. 

w f 

s f 

£3 v 

3 ...... s or ts 

$ ts 

Q is never used without it, as : Oltal (quahl), torture. 

ff is never used at the end of a word, but f is substituted. 



Consonants are pronounced harder at the end of a syllable 
or word than at the beginning, consequently h and b are 
respectively pronounced in such positions as p and t 

They are always pronounced, except the t? after a final vowel 
or after r or t, as : $a1)X (yahr), year ; 3?f?et'tt (Rhine), Rhine ; 
Wlui!) (moot), courage. 

Accordingly g and f before n, and p before f must be heard, 
as : @nabe, mercy, Sme, knee, ^3 [aim, psalm. The pronun- 
ciation of gtt and tn is best acquired by sounding a very light 
e between the two, as: ©nabe, @(e)nabe; ftm'e, $(e)m'e. 
The less, however, this e is heard the better. 

All nouns and words used substantively are to be written 
with capital initials, as also the pronouns 2>U (doo), thou; ©ie 
{zee), you ; ^x t 3#re f 3#rtge, eer t ee'-ra, ee'-ree-gai), your, 
^miXf (ee-nen) to you, used in addressing a person politely, 
but never t$, (eefy) I, unless it commences a phiwse. 

German words are divided into syllables according to the 
pronunciation of the single syllables, and not according to the 
letters of the root. Monosyllabic words cannot be divided. 

The accent rests on the root syllable. 

READING. 

attert, VLlxita, 23ent£arb, 23elien, Sari, gbuatb, ®ufta», 
©op^te, 3o$atm, Ztixt, 2)a$tb, Otto, DtttntttS, garfkn, 9lm, 
Sofceri, SWarttn, SBityelm. 

2tn; ber Sttatm} bte $anb; bag Sanb; bet ©anb; bet 

On ; the man ; the hand ; the land ; the sand ; the 

©artett; bag 23ajfer; ba$ 3atjr; $aienj toa$ %at er 

garden ; the water ; the year ; (to) have ; what has he 

bat gr lam. ©a$ er? 3a. 

there ? He came. Saw he ? Yes. 



35er 7 be$, bent, ben; n>er; ttejfett, mm, toetu 
The, of the, to the, the; who; whose, to whom, whom. 
?et>ett, cr tefct, er tefcte, er fjat geteW* Sfcen; 
(To) live, he lives, he lived, he has lived. Even, just ; 
ebet; fpenben; bag genflerj feljr; me$r; me^rete, 
noble ; (to) spend ; the window ; very ; more ; several. 

93?tr; btr; ttn'r; tfjr; t$m; tynj mii; bte 

To me ; to thee ; we ; to her ; to him ; him ; with ; the 

SJfr'tte; ber fitter, ber $tfger; foutgetu 

middle ; the knight, the pilgrim ; (to) bring. 

23er Sob; bag S3rob; bte 3?ofe; ber £of; ber gtoft* 

The death ; the bread ; the rose ; the court ; the forest ; 

ber Sxojl; ber Sonner; bte ©onne; berSotjn; ber Sotjtt; 
the frost ; the thunder ; the sun ; the son ; the reward ; 
bte 23o|me; ber Onlelj tt>o$nen, m. 
the bean; the uncle ; (to) reside, where. 

Serguf; bte 33timte; bte 9tulje; ruth'g; bte gutter; 

The foot ; the flower ; the rest ; quiet ; the mother ; 

ba3 gutter; mtter, unfer; e$ tji battle! ; ju, 

the fodder ; under, our ; it is dark ; to ; too. 

3)er ftaftg; erjdfjlen; fcefdjdmet; bte Scaler; bte 

The cage; (to) relate ; ashamed; the valleys; the 

ipdnbe; einfdfttg; bte Sebrdngiett; gftttjett. 

hands; single-hearted; the oppressed; (to) shine. 

SJofe ; erroitjen ; grower ; fc$on ; ge^oren ; ffe 

Bad ; (to) blush ; greater ; beautiful ; (to) belong ; they 
mogen; tobten; ber Sftorber; bas Howlem; offnetu 

may; (to) kill ; the murderer; the little grain ; (to) open. 

gtir ; bte Zfyixx ; grim ; bte §itf e ; ba$ SSergmtgen ; ber 
For ; the door ; green ; the feet ; the pleasure ; the 



gfttget; fn$: ti&er; bte 23ruber; bte SWutter ; bte ^>utte» 
wing ; early ; over ; the brothers ; the mothers ; the hut. 

2iu3; bas $au$; bte Zaixbt; bte Zatibt; bag 

Out, out of ; the house ; the arbour ; the dove ; the 
ZaubtrifyanZ ; bte #cm$tmt6e ; bte $rau ; bag ftxaut ; laut ; 
dove-house; the house-pigeon ; the lady; the herb; loud; 
bte 9#auet , taufenb ; bag Stage* 
the wall ; thousand ; the eye. 

Set jfcufer; bte SBatfe; mem, fern, fern; new; bet 
The emperor ; the orphan ; my, his, not a ; no ; the 
Stdrtf bte SBetfe, mit, foetf, fcetbe, eternal, 
stone, the manner, wide, white, both, once. 

©ex ^reunb, bte grewtbum; bte greube ; bte Settte ; 

The friend, masc. ; the friend,/em. ; the joy; the people ; 
bte Srauter; bte £ctafer; ba$ SauWetn; bag grMem; 
the herbs ; the houses ; the little dove ; the young lady ; 
bag Slcuglem; ber diaubtx. 
the little eye ; the robber, 

SDte SDNene ; bte 2Btefe ; bte 3tereret ; fie ; ®ie ; 

The mien ; the meadow ; the affectation ; she, they ; you ; 
bteS ©$♦ Jh'efer, biefe$, btefem, btefetu 
this ice. This, of this, to this, this. 

®ukn 3ttorgen ; guten Sag ; guten 2E&ettb ; gute 9?a$t 
Good morning ; good day ; good evening ; good night. 

2Btr Jjatten £agel, 9?egett, SBtnb, groji unb <£{«, guteS 

We had hail, rain, wind, frost, and ice, good 

SBetter. Der ©oroter roflt taut. &$ $agelt; eSregnet; 

weather. The thunder rolls loud. It hails ; it rains ; 

e$ f^nett; e$ frtert; e$ bwmert; e3 W§L 

it snows ; it freezes ; it thunders ; it lightens. 



8 

23itte, gektt ©ie mir em ©tag SGBaffer* 33itie, gefcett 
Pray, give (you) to me a glass (of) water. Pray, give 
©ie mix tin ®la$ SBeuu St'tfe, gefcen ©ie mir em 
you to me a glass (of) wine. Pray, give you to me a 
33ierglaS. 23itte, gefcen ©ie mir ein SBeinglaS. 23itte, 
beer-glass. Pray, give you tome a wine-glass. Pray, 
gefcen ©ie mir etoaS 23rob unb 23utter. 
give you tome some bread and butter. 

SBotten ©ie 9tet!jtt>eitt ober SBeifjittein ? SBoflen 

Will you (have) red wine or white wine ? Will 
©ie SBeiffcrob ober Sraunfaob? 3$ bitte urn 

you (have) white bread or brown bread ? I beg for 
SBeifjwein. 3$ litte urn SBraunirob 
•white wine. I beg for brown bread. 

£>iefes 23ier iji fefjr fcrautt. S3 ijl fatter.. £>iefe Sutter 

This beer is very brown. It is sour. This butter 

iji alt* ©iefer ^lumpubbing iji fe$r gut 

is old. This plumpudding is very good. , 

£akn ©ie emeu ©arten? 3<*/ ify $<&* etnen. 9?etn, 
Have you a garden? Yes, I have one. No, 

i<$ §afce feinen. 3$ #<*fo WW 35ienengarten, eineu £opfen* 

I have none, I have a bee-garden, a hop- 

garten unb einen $u$engarten. 

garden and a kitchen garden. 

3ft 3£r SSater ju £aufe? 3<*, er iji ju £aufe. 3f* 

Is your father at home ? Yes, he is at home. Is 

3#re Sttutter ju £cmfe? Sftein, fte iji mc$t ju £aufe. 

your mother at home ? No, she is not at home. 

SBo iji Sfjr 33ruber? 3$ wi% mcfjt. 2Bo iji 3$re 

Where is your brother? I know not. Where is your 



©deeper? ©te iji au^gegangen. 3ft 3§r ©nW $ter? 

sister? She is gone out. Is your uncle here? 

3a, er €ft $ier. Si* 3$*e £ante $ter? Sttefn, fte ijl 

Yes, he is here. Is your aunt here? No, she is 
m'cljt $ter* 
not here. 

23rutge We Stater. Unfer 8u$t ifi cmSgegcmgen. ttofere 
Bring the lights. Our candle is gone out. Our 

9ca$ttampe tfi au^gegangett. 2$remten ©te 3Ba$$K$ter 
night-lamp is gone out. Burn you wax-lights? 

Deffnen ©te We £ljut. ©te £{jitr iji offer*. 3D?ao)en 

Open (you) the door. The door is open. Make 

©te We £fmr git. ©ie £$ur tft gu. Saffen ©ie 

you the door to* The door is to (shut). Let you 

We Zi)ixx cffen. 

the door open. 

SBamt geljen ©ie ju Sett ? 3$ ge£e urn gefyt ttyr gu 
When go you to bed? I go at ten o'clock to 

Sett. StefeS JBett iji fe^r $art. 

bed. This bed is very hard. 

@Tu£en ©ie 3$re Sautter. Wlafyn ©te 3£rer Sautter 
Greet you your mother. Make you to your mother 
mem Somptiment." 
my compliment. 

2Bte fcefwben ©te ftdj ? 3$ freftnbe m\§ tt>o$I. SBte 
How find you yourself ? I find myself well. How 

fceftttbet ft$ 3$te ©^mefter ? ©te fcefmbet ft$ nu$t tt>o$I. 

finds herself your sister ? She finds herself not well. 



10 



THE ARTICLES. 







TheDj 


E FINITE I. 






SINGULAR. 






Masc. 


Fem. 


Neut. 


N. 


ber 


bte 


bag 


G. 


be$ 


ber 


be$ 


D. 


bem 


ber 


bem 


A. 


ben 


bte 


ba$ 



PLURAL, 
For all 3 Genders, 
bte, the. 
ber, of the. 

ben, to, for or from the. 
bte, the. 

In the nominative case of the singular number the definite 
article has distinct terminations for the three genders. 

The following pronouns and indefinite numerals indicate 
the gender, and are declined, like the definite article : 



btefer, 


btefe, 


bt'efeS, 


this. 


letter, 


j'ene, 


jeneS, 


that. 


ieber, 


Jtebe, 


jebeS, 


each. 


manner, 


manege, 


man$e$, 


many a, . . 


mlfyzx, 


tt>el$e, 


mltf)t$, 


which. 


Example : 








Masc. 


Fem. 


Neut. 


Plural. 


N. btefer 


btefe 


btefer 


btefe 


G. btefeS 


btefer 


btefer 


btefer 


D. btefem 


btefer 


btefem 


btefen 


A. btefen 


btefe 


btefeS 


btefe 


The 


; Indefinite Article. 


Masc. 


Fem. 


Neut. 




N. em 


etn-e 


em 


a or an 


G. em-e$ 


etn-er 


etn-eS 


of a or of an 


D. ettt-em 


etn-er 


em-em 


to a or to an 


A, em-en 


em-e 


em 


a or an 



11 

The following do not indicate the gender, like the indefi- 
nite article (the nom. of the masc. and neut. being alike) : 



mem, meme, mem, 


my 


unfer, unjer 


e, unfer, our 


bent, betne, bem, 


thy 


euer, euere 


, tmx f your 


fein, feme, fern, 


his 


tyt, ifre, 


tyx, their 


t$r, iJ?te, i% 


her 






fein, feme, fein, 


its 


hixtf feme, 


fein, not a 


In the plural they 


are declined like the definite article. 


Example : 








Masc. 


Fem. 


Neut 


Plural. 


N. fein 


fein-e 


fein 


fein-e 


G. fein-e6 


fein-et 


fein-e^ 


fein-er 


D. fetn-em 


fein-et 


fein-em 


fein-en 


A. fein-en 


fein-e 


fein 


fein-e. 




ADJECTIVES. 





Adjectives (including participles used adjectively) placed 
after nouns and pronouns, are invariable as in English : — 

£)er 3? titer ^ecBalb wax ebelmiitfjig unb tapfet, the knight 
Theobald was noble-minded and valiant, 

(St ifi ttw^lttjatig, he is benevolent. 

£>iefer ^nafce tfi arm, this boy is poor. 

(St ifi ftetfig unb ac^tfam, he is industrious and careful. 

!©a3 SBetter ifi fd^ort, the weather is fine. 

3ji bz$ 2Better f^on? Is the weather fine? 

S3 ifi tttc$t fcf)on, it is not fine. 

@ie ftnb fetjt guttg, you are very kind. 

©em ©ie fo giitig, be so kind. 



12 

Attributive adjectives always precede their nouns, as: — 
©ut-er 2Bem, good wine ttefcer 23ater, dear father 
@at-e ©Uppe, good soup Itefc gutter, dear mother 
©uUt$ 33n>b, good bread ItefceS J?mb, dear child 

35 er KeMtcfce SfaMuf, the lovely sight, 
b i e ftyatttge Sauk, the shady arbour, 
bag ctlte ©$to$, the old castle. 

2)er ftc^ere 3nflfo$t6ort, the safe asylum, 
bte arme SBatfe, the poor orphan. 
baS gule Rmb, the good child. 

2)er f^otte, $ettere Sag, the beautiful, serene day. 
bte ^eQrot^e Strfc&e, the light-red cherry. 
ba$ bimfelgrikte 33tatt, the dark-green leaf. 

gut IteMu$-er SInWtci, a lovely sight, 
erne fc^atttg-e ?aufce, a shady arbour, 
em alt-e3 ©$lo{?, an old castle. 

(Em jtc^erer 3 u ffa$t$ort, a safe asylum. 

erne arme SBat'fe, a poor orphan. 

em $Utc$ Smb, a good child. 

(Em fcfjotter, ^etterer Sag, a beautiful, serene day. 

ettte £eflrott>e JKrf$e, a light-red cherry* 

em bttttfelgrihteS 931att, a dark-green leaf. 

Attributive adjectives must agree with their substantives in 
gender, number, and case. Their declension has three forrrs 
in each of which the gender is indicated in the nominative 
case by the characteristic termination — er, — e, — $. 

The First Form is used when the adjective is not pre- 
ceded by any article, pronoun, or numeral. In this form it 



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enda in the characteristic letters which indicate the cases and 
genders, like the definite article. 







SINGULAR. 




PLURAL. 




Masc. 


Fem. 


Neut. 


For all 3 Genders 


N. 


gut er 


gut-e 


gut-e$ 


gut-e 


G. 


gut-e$ 


gut-er 


gut-e3 


gut-er 


D. 


gut-em 


gut-er 


gut- em 


gut- en 


A. 


gut-en 


gut-e 


gut-e$ 


gut-e 



The Second Form is used when the adjective is preceded 
by the definite article, or those pronouns and indefinite nu- 
merals which indicate the gender. When more than one 
adjective precede a noun, they have all the same termination. 

SINGULAR. PLURAL. 

N. ber gut-e We gut-e ba6 gut-e bte gut-en 

G. be$ gut-en ber gut-en be$ gut-en ber gut-en 

D. bent gut- en ber gut-en bem gut-en ben gut-en 

A. ben gut-en bte gut-e bag gut-e bte gut-en 

Decline : 

©tefer f^cne ♦ ♦ ♦ ; btefe arme ♦ t ♦ ; bt'efeS alte . . ♦ ; btefe 
fdjatttgen ♦ ♦ ♦ 

The Third Form is used when the adjective is preceded 
by the indefinite article, or thdse pronouns and indefinite 
numerals which do not indicate the gender : 

N. em gut-er etne gut-e em gut-e$ 

G. etneS gut-en enter gut-en etneg gut-en 
D. etnem gut-en emer gut-en etnem gut-en 
A. einen gut-en etne gut-e et'n gut-e$ 

Decline : 

9#em fcpner ♦ ♦, betnefromme . „ fern cdtet , v t$r fd)atttge$ ♦ 

Plural : metne ftfjonen . ♦ ♦, feme frommen ♦ . . 



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SIMPLE TENSES OF THE AUXILIARY 
VERBS. 

Infinitive : {jafcen, to have. 
Indicative. Present. Subjunctive* 

ii) tjate, I have ity Jjaie, I may have 

bit Ijajl, thou hast in ^ctkfi 

et fjat, he has er fyabt 

fte $ai f she has fte Ijafte 

e$ $at r it has e$ $aU 

man $at f one has man ^afc 

ttnr $afcen, we have ttnr ijafren 

iljr fyabtt (or t^a^O ye have ttjr |a$et 

fte tjakn, they have fte Ija&ett 

©te fjakn, you have ©te ^afcen 

Imperfect. 
t$ tjatte, I had ify ^citte, I might have 

in ^attefl, thou hadst in pttefl 

er $cttte, he had er $atte 

fte, e$, man $atte, she, it, one had fte, zi, man fyiittt 
ttnr fatten, we had ttnr fyiittm 

tyx fyattet, ye had tfjr ^ctttet 

fte fatten, they had fte fatten 

©te fatten, you had ©te fyatim 

Imperative, 
$abt or tjak ©it, have or Ijafcen ttnr or la$t un$ $a&en ; 

have thou let us have 

fjcibt er or lajH tyn fyabtn, $abtt or tjafct 3#r, have ye 

let him have fyabtn ©te, have or have you 

£abe fte or laft fte Jjakn, $abm fte or Ia$t fte fjaben, let 

let her have them have 

$aBe man, let people have 



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Infinitive : fetn, to be. 



Indicative, 
ify bin, I am 

bu fcift, thou art 
er tjt, he is 
fie tjt, she is 
e$ tft, it is 
man tft, one is 
mtr ftnb, we are 
t^r fetb, ye are 
fte ftnb, they are 
©te ftrtb, you are 

3$ tx>ar, I was 



Present. Subjunctive. 

u$ fet, I may be 

bu fetjt 
er fet 
fte fet 
e3 fet 
man fet 
mtr feten 
t'^r feieo 
fte feten 
©te feten 
Imperfect. 

i§ mare, I might be 



bu marejt or marjt, thou wast bu mdreft 
er mar, he was er mare 



fte mare 
e$ mare 
man mare 
mfr maren 
tf)r maret 
fte maren 
©te maren 
Imperative, 
fet or fet ©it, be or be thou feten mtr or laf t unS fetn, let 



fte mar, she was 
e$ mar, it was 
man mar, one was 
mtr maren, we were 
tljr maret, ye were 
fte maren, they were 
©te maren, you were 



fet er or laft tyn fern, let him 

be 
fet fte or Iaf t fte fetn, let her 

be 
fet man, let people be 



us be 
fetb or fetb 3§x, be or be ye 
fetn ©te, be or be you 
fetn fte or lafi fte fetn, let 
them be 



Observe that fetn requires the nomhiative case after it. 



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Infinitive : tioerben, to become ; to get ; to grow. 

Indicative. Present. Subjunctive. 

i§ fterbe, I become, get, grow t$ tt>erbe, I may become 
bu ttrirji bu toerbeji 

er ttrirb er tterbe 

fte ttntb fte toerbe 

e6 n>irb e$ fterbe 

man n>trb man werbe 

ttut fterben ttur Herbert 

tfjr toerbet tfjr toerbet 

fte tterben fte Herbert 

©te toerben ©te werben 

Imperfect. 
ity ttmrbe (or xoaxV), I became tdj ttmrbe, I might become 



bu ttmrbeft (tsarbjV) 

er ttmrbe Oarb) 

fte ttmrbe 

e3 ttmrbe 

man ttmrbe 

ttrir murben 

t§r n>urbet 

fte nmtben 

©te ttmtben 



bu tt>iirbejl 
er ttmrbe 
fte toiirbe 
e$ ttmrbe 
man rx>urbe 
ttnr ttmrben 
t£r nntrbet 
fte ttmrben 
©te rpiirben 



Imperative. 



tt>erbe or tt>erbe 3>u, become or tt>etben nrir or tagt un$ tser* 



become thou 
tterbe er or taf t t£n toerben, let 

him become 
tt^tbe fte or laft fte tt>erben, let 

her become 
tt>erbe man, let people become 



ben, let us become 

tt)erbet or toerbet 3^ r / become 
or become ye 

tt>erben ©te, become or be- 
come you 

tterben fte or lafl t fte tt>erben, 
let them become. 



SSerbCU requires the nominative after it. 



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COMPOUND TENSES OF THE AUXILIARY 
VERBS, 

Infinitive: §abzn, to have. 
Present participle : patent), having. 
Past participle : Qt^cHt, had. 

Indicative . Suhjunctive, 

Perfect. 

t# 1)abz . ♦ gejjrt&t, I have had {$ $aie.. ge^afct, I may have had 

bu $afl • . getjatt bu {jafep ♦ ♦ ge^ait 

er $at ♦ . geija&t er $a6e . . gefjaSi 

n>tr $afcen ♦ . gefjcr&i nrir IjaSeu t . ge^aii 

t]£r $afci . . geljati t§r ^aict • * ge$a£t 

©ie paben . ♦ ge^ait ©te tjafcn . . getjaSi 

fte $afcen . ♦ ge^afct. fte $aien • * ge*ja&t 

Pluperfect. 

tc§ $atte ♦ ♦ ge^aft, I had had tc$ $atte * • geliaH, I might have 

&c. had, &c. 

ttnr fatten ♦ . ge^aBt, we had ttnr fatten ♦ ♦ gefjaSi, we might 
had, &c. have had, &c. 

First Future. 

i§ tozx^z . , $afon, I shall (or ify tr>erbe . . $a5en, I shall (or 

will) have will) have 

bu ttn'rji . • Ijo&en bu rcerbefl « . $o6en 

er iturb * . fyalzvt er fterbe . • %abm 

toix mxim . . $afcn toir merben * ♦ fjdbm 

ifyt mxitt . , (atai i#r werbet . . $a5en 

©ie tterben ♦ . $aktt ©te fc>erbeu , • ^afeis 

fte t»erben • ♦ £aben* fte raerben • . 1)Q.hxu 

2 



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Indicative. Second Future. Subjunctive. 

ify tterbe ♦ ♦ Qtfytibt $crf>en, I t$ D>erbe • ♦ getjo&t fjafcen, I shall 



shall (or will) have had 
bit toixft ♦ ♦ gefjofct fjo&en 
*r n>irb i • geijati fjafon 
imr tterben . ♦ getjaSt $afon 
i&r n>erbet • ♦ jjetja&t Ijaien 
©fc fterben . • geijaW $a&en 
fte &erben • ♦ getjafct fjafceiu 



(or will) have had 
ba toevbeft . • getjo&i ijafan 
er toerbe • * ge^afct $aten 
»ir tterben . ♦ getjaii jja&en 
t$r merbet . • getja&t fja&en 
©ie rcerben ♦ . gelja&t $a(en 
fie werben • ♦ geljafct £a&etu 



Observe that the participle past precedes the infinitive. 



First Conditional. 
iti) nmrbe . . ^afon, I should 

(or would) have 
in uwrbefl • . $o&en 
er tvitvbe • • tja&en 
toix ftmrben ♦ « ^aBett 
i$t toiirbet . • $a&en 
<3te ttwrben ♦ • $a6en 
fie U)iirben ♦ i $afcetu 



Second Conditional, 

t$ auirbe • ♦ gefjo&i $at>en, I 
should (or would) have had 
bu ttmrbeji . * ge^aW tjafott 
er witrbe . ♦ gefja&t Ija&ert 
ttnr nwrben • • geijafct Jjaten 
t$r nntrbet . . gefja&t £a6en 
©ie ttiirben ♦ • gcfjaSt $abtn 
fie ttiivben , * ge$att $iftek 



&WZ and will, sfouZd and would, used merely as signs that the notion 
expressed in the following- infinitive belongs to a future time, are rendered 
by rceroe, nnrjt, tturb, :c v ttitoe, ttritrbefc antoe, :c. But if they imply 

obligation or volition, the former is rendered by the corresponding tense 
oi fallen, and the latter by that of twtteru 



Infinitive : fein, to be. 
Present participle : fetenb, being. 
Past participle : ge&efeit, been. 
Indicative. Perfect. Subjunctive. 

H$ fcm ♦♦ geit>efett, I have been t$ fet ♦ • getoefen, I may have 

&c. been, &c # 

arir ftub • ♦ gettefen, we have xoix feien ♦ • geraefen, we may 
been, &c. have been, &e. 



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Indicative. Subjunctive* 

Pluperfect. 

t$ toax ♦ ♦ gettefen, I had been tcf) ware ; ♦ ge&efen, I might have 

&c. been, &c. 

tx>tr ttaren ♦ * gewefen, we bad toix toaxtxt ♦ . gett^fen, we might 
been, &c. have been, &c. 

First Future. 

i$ mtbt A fern, I shall (will) i$ totxit . . fern, I shall (will) 

be, &c. be, &c. 

toix toerben . . fern, we shall toix tterbett ♦ ♦ fern, we shall 

(will) be, &c. (will) be, &c. 

Second Future. 

ity tterbe ♦ ♦ getoefen ferny I t$ tterbe ♦ . gettefen fern, 1 shall 
shall (will) have been, (will) have been, 

&c. &c. 

toix werbetu. gettefen few, we tpfr rcerben • . gemefen fern, we 
shall (will) have been, shall (will) have been, 

&c. &c. 

First Conditional. Second Conditional. 

t'$ toixxbt I ♦ fern, I should ftpttmrbe^getoefenfew, I should 

(would) be, &c. (would) have been, &g. 

ttnr tttitben . . fern, we should toix ttmrben ♦ . gctoefen fern, we 

(would) be, should (would) have been, 

&C. &G. 

The Germans do not employ the verb l)abett in compounding the tenses 
of the verb* fcin; they say: I am been, thou art been ; I was been; you 
vsere been, &c., and not I have been, thou hast been ; I had been, you had 
been, &c 



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Infinitive : fterbet-:, to become ; to grow ; to be* 
Pres. part. : ttetbettb, becoming, growing, being. 
Past. part. : getotfrbett, become, grown, been* 

Indicative* Subjunctive* 

Perfect. 

tf$ fcm ♦ ♦ gettwrben, I have t$ fet ♦ ♦ gett>orbett, I may have 
become, &c. become, &c. 

Pluperfect. 
t$ teat ♦ ♦ genwben, I had i$ n^are * ♦ gctocrben, I might 
become, &c, have become, &c. 

First Future. 

ify fterbe . ♦ mxitn, I shall t$ toerbe ♦ ♦ toerben, I shaU 
become, &c. become, &c. 

Second Future. 

t$ fterbe ♦ ♦ gc&orben fern, I t$ fterbe * » genwrben fein, I 
shall have become, shall have become, 

&c. &c. 

First Conditional. Second Conditional. 

t$ ttmrbe ♦ • toetben, I should t$ ttmrbe ♦ ♦ gettwrbett fern, I 
become, &e. should have become, &c. 

The compound tenses of tnerbcn are constructed with fettt, to be, and 
not with $abm, to have, as they are in English. 

The auxiliary verb inetben, serves to form the future and conditional 
tenses of the active Voice and all the tenses of the passive voice. 

The past participle of Wetben is gcftorben, when it expresses a state or 
action, and it is not an auxiliary verb, as: er ift Sftimfter geftorfcen, he 
has become a minister {of state) , but when tnerbCH is used as an auxiliary 
ibr the formation of the passive verb, the participle is ftorbett, to avoid 
the reoccurrence of the augment ge, as: cr i$ gelobt tDOrben, he has been 
praised* 



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CARDINAL NUMBERS. 


1 em 




30 


bretfitg 


2 $wei 




40 


tferjig 


3 brei 




50 


fttfm 


4 met 




60 


fe$jtg or fe<$«jtg 


5 futtf 




70 


fte&jtg or ftefcenjtg 


6 fe^8 




80 


a<$tjtg 


7 ftefon 




90 


newtjt'g 


8 ac^t 




100 


tjunbert 


9 ttemt 




101 


^unbert unb em 


10 jetjn 




102 


Imnbert unb jtsei 


11 elf 




103 


t/mtbert unb brei 


12 gntflf 




200 


gu>et fjunbert 


13 bretjefjn 




300 


bret tjunbert 


14 merje^n 




400 


met tjunbert 


15 funfgetjn 




1000 


taufenb 


16 fec^je^n or fed}3je$u 




2000 


jn>et taufenb 


17 fiefcjetjn or ftefcnjetjn 




3000 


bret taufenb 


IS a$tje$n 


100,000 


^unbert taufenb 


19 newtge$n 


1,100,000 


erne SKtflton em 


20 jtsangtg 






^unbert taufenb 


21 em unb gttxmgtg 




1851 


ad)i$e|m fjunbert 


22 jroet unb jmanjtg 






em unb funfjtg* 


Units are placed before the tens. 






The student would do well to go 


through the multiplication 


table: 








Stoti mal ffoti tjl fcier, 


twice 2 


are 4, 


&C. 


®ret mat bret tjl neun, 3 times 3 


are 9, I 


fee. 


SBter mal ster ift fe$3je$n 


, four times 4 i 


are 16, &c. 


guiif mal futtf tfi furrf unb 


8»attjtfl 


\i five times 5 are 25, &c. 


@ed)3 mal fe$3 tjl fecp unb bretf 


Kg, six 


times 6 are 36, &e. 



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VERBS. 

The principal parts of the verb iD the active voice are: 
1, the Infinitive Mood. 2, the Present Tense, 3, the Im- 
perfect or Past Tense. 4, the Past Participle. 

If the verb be regular, the formation of these parts is very 
simple. From the infinitive mood, which alwajs ends in en 
or n, as : loben, to praise, the first person of the present tense 
is formed by dropping the tt, as : iffy tofce, J praise. From 
the present tense the imperfect is formed by adding te, as : 
\6) lofcete, I praised ', and the e is omitted (loWe), if the word 
can be pronounced without it. From the imperfect, the par- 
ticiple past is formed by dropping the final e and putting ge 
before it, as : gelofcet or getott, praised. From these parts all 
other tenses and moods are formed. 

Infinitive, litbm, to love ; $oren, to hear ; ac^ten, to esteem. 
Present. IfeBe ; pre ; atyte. 

Iniperf, (Kefcete) or Keite ; (ptete or) prte ; atytetz. 
P. Past, (geltefcet) geltefct; (gepret) gepri; geacpet. 

The e before the p or t of the indicative and imperative 
moods and the participle past is generally omitted, if this does 
not render the pronunciation difficult. 

The perfect, pluperfect and future tenses are formed by 
means of auxiliary verbs. So is the whole of the passive 
voice. 

The verb to be, feut, is never used in German before the participle pre- 
sent, and such expressions as : I am praising, I was praising, I have been 
praising, are rendered in German by the present, imperfect, and perfect 
tenses, thus : i$ lobe, tcfc fofctci u$ |)abe gelobt; to which may be added 
the adverb eben or fo ebcn, just now, as : t$ lobte eben, &c. 



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Conjugation oi? the Regular Verb. Active Voice. 

Infinitive : loben, to praise. 
Pres. part. lobenb, praising, 
Past part, gelobet (gelobt), praised. 

Indicative. Present. Subjunctive. 

i§ lobe, I praise ; I am prais- ify lobe, I may praise 
ing ; I do praise 

h\x lobtftorlobfi bu lob eft 

er tobet or tobt er lobe 

fte, e«, man lobt fte, e$, man lobe 

fcnr loben tt>tr loben 

tfjr lobet or tobt t^r lo bet 

©te loben ©te loben 

fie loben* fie loben. 

Imperfect. 

i<$ lobete or to Me, I praised; ify lobete, I might praise 

1 was praising ; I did praise 

bu lobeteft, or lobteji bu tobetejl 

er lobete or tobt e er lobete 

fte, e$, man lobete or I o b t e fte, e$, man loiete 

ttnr tobeten or lob ten ttnr tobeten 

tjjr lobetet or lobte t tfjr lobetet 

©te tobeten or lobten ©te lobeten 

fte lobeten or I obten. fte lobeten* 

Perfect. 

tcfj fjabe . . gelobet (or gelobt), ify tjabe . . getobet (or gelobt) 

I have praised, &c. I may have praised, &c. 

ttnr Ijaben. . gelobt, &c. toix fyabm . . gelobt, &c. 



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Indicative. Pluperfect. Subjunctive* 

%$ fyatte . . gelobet (or gelobt), ity ^Uttt . . gelobet (or geIo6t> 

I had praised, &c. I might have praised, &c. 

xoxx fatten . . gelobt, &c. ttur fatten . . getobt, &c. 

First Future. 
f$ vt>erbe . . lobett, I shall (or t# tterbe . . lobett, I shall (or 
will) praise, &c. will) praise, &c. 

Second Future. 
i§ roerbe ♦ . getobet (or getobt) id) toetbe ♦ . getobet (or getobt) 
babett, I shall (will) have fjaben, I shall (will) have 
praised, &c. praised, &c. 

First Conditional. Second Conditional. 

t<# nmrbe . ♦ lobett, I should xfy nmrbe ♦ . getobet (getobt) 
(would) praise, &c. Ijabett, I should (would) 

have praised, &c. 

Imperative, 
lobe or lobe 25u, praise or lobett ttnr or fafji wt$ lobett, 

let us praise 
lobet or lobet 3$r, praise 

or praise ye 
lobett @te, praise or praise you 
lobett fte or laf t fie lobett, 
let them praise. 



praise thou 
lobe er or tafr tyxt lobett, 

let him praise 
loBe matt; let people praise 
lobe fie or laff fie lobett, 

let her praise. 



Active verbs require the object in the accusative case ; as : (£x Idbt ben 

$naben; er lobtebtegrau; ert;atbaS 5Kab$en gelobt« — @r lobt fetnen 
©o$n; er lobte feine Softer; er $at fern $inb gelobt. 

The student would do well to conjugate some more verbs, 
as : liebett, ^orett, ac^ten, with the following table before him : 



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A Table of the Conjugation of Regular Verbs* 

Infinitive : — etU 
pres. part. — enb past part, ge — et or ge — t 



Indicative. 

SINGULAR. 

1 person — e 

2 — eji or — $ 

3 — et or — t 



Present. 



Subjunctive, 

SINGULAR. 



1 person — e 

2 —eft 

3 — e 



1 person 

2 

3 



PLURAL. 

— en 

— et or - 
-~en« 



SINGULAR. 



PLURAL. 

1 person — en 

2 — et 

3 — ttU 



Imperfect. 



1 person — ete or — * te 

2 „ — eteji or — teji 

3 „ — ete or — te 



SINGULAR. 



1 person — ete 

2 „ — eteji 

3 „ — ete 



PLURAL. 

1 person — etett or — ttn 

2 „ — tkt or — iit 

3 „ — eten or — ten 



PLURAL. 

1 person — eten 

2 „ — etet 

3 „ — eten. 



Imperative. 

SINGULAR. PLURAL. 

1 person — en xoix 



(No first person) 

2 person — e or • — e ©U 2 „ 

3 „ — e er (fte, e$, man) 3 „ 

Addressed person — en <2te. 



et or- 
en fte. 



■e*3$r 



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SUBSTANTIVES. 

Substantives are declined. 

There are three genders in German, masculine, feminine, and 
neuter. 

In order to find the various cases of a noun, it is necessary 
to know its gender, its nominative singular and nominative 
plural. These are given in good dictionaries, and it is to that 
source the learner must apply for these particulars. 

These being known, the student, guided by the following 
rules, will be able to construct the other cases of nearly every 
noun in the language. 

I. Feminine nouns do not vary in the singular. 

II. The cases of the plural are all the same as the nomina- 
tive, excepting the dative plural, which always ends in an n, 
so that if the nominative plural does not end in that letter, it 
must be added to form the dative. 

III. Nouns that have the nominative singular and plural 
alike take 3 in the genitive singular, all other cases are like 
the nominative. 

IV. Nouns that form the nominative plural by the addition 
of e or er to the singular, take t$ in the genitive and e in the 
dative singular. 

V. Nouns that form the nominative plural by the addition 
of n or en to the nominative singular, keep this addition 
through all cases. 

VI. The accusative singular of the neuter is always the same 
with the nominative. 

VII. Compound nouns are declined after the declension of 
the last component. 

In a great many cases the simple vowels a, 0, U, are changed 
in the plural into a, o, u. 



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EXAMPLES. 


I. & V. ©te fttm, the lady 


Plur. bte grauen, the ladies 




ber Stttak, the boy 


bte $na$ett, the boys. 




SINGULAR. 


PLURAL. 


N. 


fete ftxavt, the lady 


bie $rauen, the ladies 


G. 


ber ftxau, of the lady, or 
the lady's 


ber grauen 


D. 


ber $xau, to the lady, or 
from the lady, or for 
the lady 


ben ^rauen 


A. 


bte gran, the lady 


bte graucn. 


N. 


ber ®naie, the boy 


bte $ncrf>en, the boys 


a 


be$ Knafcen, of the boy 


ber ^nafcen 


D. 


bem $na$en, to the boy 


ben Snafcen 


A. 


ben $nakn, the boy 


bte tnafcen* 



Decline : bte Xatibz, the dove ; plur. bte £aufcen, the doves ; 
ber S3ote, the messenger ; bte 33oten, the messengers. 
§otbe ftxau, amiable lady (See p. 13.) 
bte guttge, fromme ftxavt, the kind, pious lady ; 
erne fc^war jjjefletbete $xau, a lady dressed in black. 
Sltmer Stnabt, poor boy ; 
ber Qtttt $nafce, the good boy ; 
et'n ftetfh'ger Snaie, an industrious boy. 

III. 2)er fitter, the knight ; plur. bte fitter, the knights. 



SINGULAR. 


PLURAL. 


N. ber JRttter, the knight 


bte fitter, the knights 


G. be6 3?ttter8 


ber 3Jttter 


D. bem Setter 


ben SWttent 


A, ben fitter 


bte Slitter* 



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Decline : ber %liXQtl f the wing ; plur. bte fflixQtl, the wings ; 
ber ©artett, the garden ; bte ©artett, the gardens. 

©er iapfere fitter, the valiant knight ; 

tin ebeTtmitJnger fitter, a noble-minded knight. 

3)a3 fleme ^ettfler, the little window ; 

em grof?e£ ^ettjler, a large window. 

Setter fdjone ©artett, that beautiful garden ; 

fern fleuer ©artett, his little garden. 

IV. Set @o$tt, the son ; plur. bte ©oljne, the sons ; 
ber 2)?a:ut, the man ; bte Scanner, the men. 





SINGULAR. 


PLURAL. 


N. 


ber ©oijn, the son 


bte <5o§ne, the sons 


G. 


be3 @o!?tte$ 


ber ©otjtte 


D. 


bem @o$tte 


ben (gotten 


A. 


bett @o$tt 


bte ©oijtte* 


N. 


ber SKawr, the man 


bte SDMmter, the men 


G. 


be$ 9ttajme3 


ber banner 


D. 


bem SKawte 


bett SDMtmertt 


A. 


ben Wtawx 


bte fanner. 



Decline: ber 2$ttrm, the tower ; plur. bte SCJjttrme, the towers ; 
ber Sofefcndjt, the villain ; bte 23ofett)t$ter, the villains. 
Sbler 9)?atm, noble-minded man ; 
ber ebte Sftantt ; etn ebler SKawu 
25er ^oJje g§urm, the high tower; 
fern $o$er Xtyvtxm, its high tower, 
©tefer treite ^xmrfo, this true friend ; 
unfer treuer ^reuttb, our true friend, 
fetter ntadjttge gemb, that powerful enemy ; 
i§t tnac^ttger Sft'ttb, her or their powerful enemy. 



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MODES OF ADDRESS. 

In addressing one another the Germans use the second 
person singular and the third person plural. The second 
person singular, 2)U, is used by near relations and very inti- 
mate friends, as well as the second person plural, 3$**/ in 
addressing more than one person. Grown up persons address 
children, children their parents, as well as each other, masters 
their servants, in the second person singular. The third 
person plural, (3te, is used in polite conversation. The stu- 
dent has, therefore, to bear in mind that the English you is 
expressed by @{e in German, and employed, of course, with a 
verb in the third person plural, and that to you is rendered in 
colloquial language by 35 nen< * n writing, the pronouns of 
address have a capital initial. 

Formerly the second person plural (3§ r ) wa§ use( ^ i n a( *- 
dressing persons, but this mode of address is no longer in use. 

It is to be observed that „mtixi £err, /y the equivalent for the 
English epithet "sir" is only used by the Germans in cases 
^here an excess of courtesy is requisite. — In addressing a 
stranger we say mem Jperr for sir. — If we know a gentleman's 
name, office, rank or title, we always use these in preference, 
as : #err 9?. ♦ ♦, Mr. N. . ., £err Sector, Mr. Doctor, &c. ; 
SJcabame $1., Mrs. N., ftxankin 9? v Miss N. 

We join in German the qualifications of £err, Mr., gran 
Mrs., grMern, Miss, to the pronouns of address when we 
speak to persons of their relations or friends, unless they are 
our inferiors or intimate friends ; ^x $txt 23ater, your father ; 
3$re §rau gutter, your mother; ^pre grau ©$»ejier, 
your sister (when the lady is married); ^x prattle tn 
©c^meffcr, your sister. 



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DECLENSION OF THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS. 

Singular. Plural. 

N. {<$, h N. toix, we. 

^ | G. memer, of me. G. unfer, of us. 

«£ ) D, mtr,to,for, or from me. D. un$, to, for, or from us. 

^ \ A. mtcfj, me. A. un$, us. 

g / N. bu, thou. N. tyx, ye. 

^ \ G. bemer, of thee. G. euer, of you. 

| ] D. bir, to, for, or from thee. D. eudj, to, for, or from you. 

J \ A. bt$, thee. A. ett($, you. 



fte, she ; 


eg, it. 


iljrer, of her ; 


femer, of it, 


t$r, to her ; 


ifyvx, to it. 


fte, her ; 


e«, it. 



g / N. er, he ; 

(^ \ G. femer, of him ; 

[| J D. tym, to him; 

§5 I A. {$&, him ; 

N. fte, they. N. ©te, you. 

G. t^rer, of them. G. %$xtT, of you. 

D. tljnen, to, for, or from them. D. S^eit, to, for, from you. 

A. fte, them. A. ©te, you. 

©t$ 3emaitbeS erfcarmen, to have pity on one. — @ott erfcarmte 

ft$ memer, £>emer, feiner, ttjret,, unfer, ©iter, 3$rer, tfjrer. 
©te ga£ e$ mtr, 2)tr, t&m, t£r, t'fjm, una, 2u$, 3§nen, i$netu 
Qx bat (requested) mUff, ©i$, tfm fte, un$, £u$, ©te unb fte. 
3$ battle (return thanks) £)tr, t'fjm, tfjr, (£tt<$, $fynm unb 

t^nett.— Sr battfte mtr, wt$* 
Sr ttmnfcftfe mtr, £>tr, t$m, t^r, un$, (£u$, 3|«e» unb tJmen 

guten Sttorgen (guten £ag, guten Stfcenb, gute Jfac^t). 
Bennett ©te (do you know) t'^n unb mid) ? 3fy *$ fM& k<*$ 

SSergnitgen (pleasure), ©te unb fps ju femtem 



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CONJUGATION OF A REFLECTIVE VERB REQUIRING THE 
PRONOUN IN THE ACCUSATIVE. 



Indie ai 


J&0£. present. Subjunctive. 


idj fceftnbe mt$, I find myself 


i$j kftnbe mtdp 


bu fceftnbefl bt$ 




bu kftnbeft bt'cfj 


er fceftnb.et ft$ 




er kftnbe ftc^ 


fie fceftnbei ftc§ 




fte kftnbe |u§ 


e$ fceftnbet ftd) 




e£ kftnbe ftc£ 


man fceftnbet ft$ 




man kftnbe ft$ 


*mr teftnben un$ 




ttnr kftnben un3 


i£r fceftnbet eu$ 




t'^r kftnbet eu$ 


fte fceftnben ftc$ 




fte kftnben ftdj 


@te fceftnben ft$ 




©te kftnben ftcfj 




Imperfect. 


t$ fcefanb mid) 




t$ kfanbe mtc^ 


ba fcefanbefl bt$ 




bu kfdnbefl btc§ 


er kfanb ftc§ 




er kfanbe ft$ 


fte, e$, man kfanb ft# 


fte, e$, man, kfanbe ftd) 


ttnr kfanben un$ 




xoix kfanben un$ 


i§r kfanbet eu$ 




tfjr kfanbet eudfj 


fte feefanben ft<§ 




fte tefdnben ftd) 


@te kfanben ftcfj 




©te tefdnben jtc§ 


Perfect. 


3$ §ak nuc$ ♦ ♦ ♦ kfunben. 


P luperf. 


3$ httt mity . ♦ . kfunbetu 


I. Future. 


31? tt)erbemt§ . ♦ ♦ kftnben. 


II. Future. 


3$ toerbe mteij . , . kfunben £akn. 


I. Condit, 


3$ ttitrbe 


tmdj ♦ ♦ ♦ kftnben* 


II. Ccwtftf. 


3$ txmrbe mtdj ♦ , t kfanben $akn. 



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Observ. There is in German a special reflective and reciprocal pronoun 

for the third person only, fid) ; for the first and second persons singular 
and plural, the personal pronouns are used reflectively. 

SBfe fteftnben @tc ft<$ ? 2Bte fcefnben fie fi<$ ? JBJte fteftnbei 
fte ftc$ ? SBte fteftnbei er ft<$ ? SBBtc fteftnbejl £)u bio; ? 

2Bie fteftnbei ft$ 3$r 2?ater ? 2Bie fteftnbei jtdj 3$re gutter? 
2Bte fteftnbei ft<$ t$r ©ruber ? 2Bie fteftnbei ftc$ 3£re ©^weftar 9 

2Ste fteftnben ftdj Sfjre ©tern? SDBte fteftnben ft$ 3$re 
©ruber? SBte fteftnben ftd) 3#re @$n>eflern? 

38ft fteftnbei ftdj 3§r £err Onlel? 2Bte fteftnbei ft<§ S^re 
grau gante? 2Bte fteftnbei ft$ 3$r ftrautein gante? ffitc 
fteftnbei fl<$ 3|>re grau @cf?tt>ejrer? 2Bie fteftnbei ftd) 3£r 
grautein ©deeper? 3$ $offe, @ie unb aKe 3§re §remtbe 
fteftnben ft<$ ujo^L 

3$ fteftnbe micf) roottf. 3$ fteftnbe mu§ gauj tov% 3$ 
fteftnbe mid) re$t toofyt. 3$ fteftnbe micfj jiemttdj WfyL 

5D?em ©ruber Sari fteftnbei ft$ ni$t *w£I* 9J?eine ©cf)tt)ejter 
Signed fteftnbei fli| re$t ttoftf, after nteine <3$wejier Smma fte* 
ftnbet ft$ ni$t re$t ttrofjl 2J?eine Stiern fteftnben ft$ $;emli$ 
m% ©ie fteftnben jtdj ni$t ganj xo^t 

Slitter £fjeoftatb, ftrau Ottilia unb ^rautein Signed fteftnben 
ft$ «o$ ganj »<$!♦ grMein Signed fteftnbei ftdj m'c^t fefjr 
»o$t, after t^r 3:auftc|en fteftnbei ft$ re$t roottf. 

2Bie fteftnben jt<$ §rau 3?ofalinbe, grautein (£mma unb $r 
Xanlfymt ©ie fteftnben ftdj no$ at(e brei fe$r tr>ottf* 

PREPOSITIONS. 

There are prepositions that govern the genitive case, others 
the dative, others the accusative, several the dative and accu- 
sative, according to their signification. 



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Prepositions requiring the Genitive. 
2fa|htt, or ait ♦ . t&tatt, or taut, from the tenour {of) 

ftatt, instead (of) am . . . ttutfett, for . . 'a sake 

fatten or falter, for the sake txofy, in spite (o/) 

(o/) ; on account (0/) Uttgea^tet, notwithstanding 

auf$evl>al& / outside (0/) UWtotit, not far (from) 

innzxfyalb, inside (o/) sermoge, by means (o/) 

oJet^alS, on the upper side {of) toa^rettb, during the time (of) 
ttttterfjalS, on the lower side {of) toegen, on account (of) 
bteffett, on this side (of) fdng3, alongside (of) 

1'enfett, on yon side (of) ttermttteljl, by means (of) 

haft, by virtue (of) jufolge, in consequence [of) 

Prepositions requiring the Dative, 
%\X$, out of, from gftttaff, conformable (to) 

aafjer, besides gegeniiSer, over against 

bet, by, near, with, at, upon rait, with 



nadj, after, to, according to 
nafyfl, next 
JU, to, towards, at 
jufoljjc, in obedience (to) 
guttu'ber, against 



fcinnett, within 

entgegett, towards, against 

ttefcfl, together with 

fett, since 

X>0tt, of, off, from, by 

Prepositions requiring the Accusative. 
£)uxi), through, by cf?ne, without 

fur, for um, about, round, a', 

gegen, towards, to, against ttnber, against 

Prepositions requiring the Dative or Accusative 



2In, on, to, by 
auf, on, upon 
gutter, behind 
in, in, into 
neben, at the side of 



liber, over, above, at, concerning 
Uttter, under, amongst, amid. 



during 



£0r, before, ago 
jtinfe^en, between. 



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Prepositions that govern either the dative or accusative, re- 
quire the dative when a state of permanent locality is implied, 
but when denoting motion from one place or object tu another 
they require the accusative case. The dative follows when the 
question where or in what place may be used, but the accusa- 
tive case is required w r hen the question whereto or to what 
place may be applied. 



Signed faff an bent gender, 
Agnes was sitting at the 
w r indow 

25tc Zanbt fajj auf bent 35ad;e, 
the dove was sitting on the 
roof 

©te xoaxtn in bent ©arten, they 
were in the garden 



©tc fei$te ft$ an ba$ S^fier, 
she seated herself near the 
window 

SDfe £auk fefcte ftc§ anf ba^ 
£)a$, the dove seated it- 
self on the roof 

@ie gingen in ben ©arten, 
they went into the garden. 



Permanent locality does not exclude motion within a place ; it only 
excludes motion from one place or object to another. 



3$ cu'ng in bent 3tntmcr auf unb 
ab, I went up and down in the 
room 

cr fprang auf bent ©tu^le, he was 
on the chair jumping 



i$ gtng in ba3 3*ntmer, I went 

into the room 

cr fprang auf ben @ti$l, he 
jumped on the chair. 



The definite article and the preposition going before it, are 



often contracted into 


one word : 






ant is use 


id for 


an bent 


an 3 for 


an bag 


kirn 


// 


izi bent 


auf$ f/ 


auf bag 


im 


if 


tn bent 


burdjg „ 


bur$ bag 


i)om 


u 


loon bent 


in$ „ 


in ba3 


Sum 


If 


ju bem 


&c. 


&c. 


$ur 


If 


jtt ber 







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CONSTRUCTION. 

In an independent sentence, the finite verb (t, e. that part 
of the verb before which the personal pronouns ii) f feu, er, fte, 
e$, man, wit, ifyv, 3;e, fte, may be used) follows the nomina- 
tive :— 

2)er dtitkx mx efeelmutfng unfe iapfer* 

The knight was generous and valiant. 

©ie fcefu^te fete Sranlen m feen #utten feer fcenacparten 

She visited the sick in the huts of the neighbouring 

£§aier t 
valleys. 

When the verbs are used in a compound tense, the in- 
flected parts follow the nominative, and the participle or 
infinitive is thrown to the end of the sentence. 

3$ tjo&e meme 23fumen fcegoffen* 
I have my flowers watered. 

SlgneS Uitz mit t'Jjrer Sautter erne Heine SRetfe gemadjt 
Agnes had with her mother a little excursion made. 

3$ tterfee funfttg fea3 2;fmrc$en feeS JfaftvjS afle 
I shall in future the little door of the cage all (every) 
Sl&ertbe fletftg serrtegeln* 
evenings carefully bolt. 

In interrogative sentences the verb precedes its nominative : 

® pre^en @ie £)eu(fdj ? Speak you German ? 

@c£emt fete Sonne? Shines the sun? 

$ ommen @te enfeltcf) ? Come you at last ? 

©a& er 3#nen mem 33uc!) ? Gave he to you my book ? 

A a interrogation is formed in German by simply placing the nominative 
after its verb, the English auxiliary do in such cases never being employed. 



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Imperative.™ When we address any one in the third 
person plural, the pronoun ((5te) can never be omitted : — 
Qabttt @te ©ebulb, have you patience, 
©efjen ©it ju ifym f go you to him. 
©e&en <5te mtr metneu O^mg, give yow (to) me my ring. 

When we address in the second person, the nominative 2)u f 
thou, or tfjr, ye f is omitted unless it be emphatic : — 
Set fotgfam, be obedient. 
©et'b emfalh'g Yok bte £au&en, be harmless like the doves 

<Sef bu gegett nucfj auc| unmet fo fotgfam, xoit ba$ £auWem 
gegett btc$«. Be thou also always as obedient to me as the little 
dove is to thee. 

„@o tji betm feme £ulfe aU Bet ©tr, o ®ott !" rief fte — 
„er&arme bemt £)u ©uf ber eblert 9ftenfd)eu/' "Thus then 
there is no help but with thee, God !" she cried — " do then 
thou have pity upon these generous persons." 

£)0$ is joined to the imperative, for the sake of emphasis. 
©tefj bod), ttu'e fc^on e£ tji! do look, how beautiful it- is ! 
iptlf tfjnen bodj ! pray succour them ! 

When a sentence begins with a relative pronoun or a relative conjunc- 
tion, the finite verb (i. e.a simple tense, or the flexible part of a compound 
tense) is placed at the end. (See Relative Pronouns.) 

Inverted Sentences. — That member of a sentence on which we wish 
to lay particular emphasis, is placed first in German. 

If an independent sentence begins with any other part thau its subject 
(: nominative :), the latter must be placed after the finite verb which (in 
an independent sentence) always occupies the second place. The relative 
position of other parts of the sentence is not affected by inversion. 



S>1r § 2 a tt 6 cf> e n ♦ 



L 

SWutter Ottitta unb t|re Softer Signed. 
1, Sluf bent often Sergftfjfoffe galfenfcttrg lefcte $or me§rem 
SaJjrfmnberien ber tapfere fitter S^eoMb mtt femer frommen 
©ema^Iinn Ottilia, ©er SRitter ttar e£en fo ebetnuiitng aW 
tapfet* Me SBcbraitgte tt>ett umljer tm 2anbe natjm er in femen 
macijftgen ©$tt§, unb fcertangte bafiir nt§i einntal etnen ©ant 
£>a£ 23ergnugen, Sfteufdjen ju kgtiicfen, toax t^m fqjon Scenes 
genug* grau Ottilia fpenbeie rei$ti$e ©afcen unter bie 9?ot^ 
leibenben au$. <2ie £efud)te bte Sranfen in ben Qixttm ber 
fcenatparten Scaler, unb t§r ©$lo$ tt?ar ber fu$ere3ttffe($t$ort 
aSer Slrmen, bte nur fainter einer £ulfe mxfy toaren. 2ftt$ 
§tgne3, ba$ etnjtge ffinb btefer trefflidjen Gftew, em graulein 
*>on etma ac$t 3>a$ren, toar bte lautere ©ute unb greunblt^feit 
gegen bte 9ttenf($em @te fannte feme grojjere greube, aU 2tn^ 
bern greube ju ma<#en. Sftern unb Softer nmrben aOgenteut 
t>ere$rt unb geliefct, unb mx nur ben ^o^en S^urm ber galfen^ 
burg $on $erne erWicfie, fegncte in feinem £er$en bte eblen 
9Wenf($en, bte $ter tt>o£nten unb ©ute$ ifjaten* 23irfli$ ruhe 
audj ber @egen @otte$ recfjt fic^t&ar iifrer ££eofcatb, OtttTt'a unb 
Signed. @o Diet fte fjergaten unb auSt^eiften, fo $atttn fte bod> 
me SWangel* @ie gefjorten unter bte foo^ljjafrenbften abeligen 
Jamt'Iten tm Sanbe* 



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2* Stnmat art einem fc^onen, ^etteren ©ommertage gtngen 
gran Ottilia unb graulem Signed nac§ £tfc£;e tn ben ©arten, 
ber ft$ unten am Strange bed 33erged fcefanb* gut Itemed 
v ])fort(^en tn ber STOauer- bed ©$to£fjofed unb sotele fleinewe 
©taffeln fit^rten baju ^tnafc. £>er ©arten getoaf^rte eaten titer* 
am IteWt'djen SlnWtct ©te fcetnerften mit greube, ttne $ier ber 
Mault<$ griine $ofjl fo fcfjon ftanb, unb bort bte jarten 3iofen* 
fnofpen fte$ offneten ; xoiz ba bte 33o$nen $o$ empor ranften, 
unb bort bte $t'rf$en fcerettd Ijeflrotf) gunmen ben bunfelgriinen 
Slattern f;eroor glanjten* ©te jianben cine SGBetle fret bem 
©prtngfcrunnen w SDKtte bed ©ariend fh'H, unb ergo^ten ftd) an 
bem ©ptele bed 2Safferd, bad tm ©lanje ber Sonne $efl tote 
$rtjM emporfyrang, unb in taufenb funfelnben £ro£fen son 
alien gfarfcen bed Stegeniogend ttneber $erat ftet £terauf fe$ten 
fte ft$ tn etne fc^atitge JReWaufce fcon jterlt<$em ©tttertoerfe, unb 
arfcetteten mit fceretntem gletf an etnem illetbe fur etne arnte 
28atfe. Sifted tm ©arten toar ffciH unb rutng; nur etne ©rad* 
mtitfe fang auf ben 3ttW($en tw*$ ncfytn S3aumed $>on 3^'t S« 
3ett ungemet'n IteWt'tf), unb oon bem ©prtngkunnen fjer tonie 
unaudgefe^t bad angene^me ^tatfdjem bed SBafferd* 

3. 2)a flog &ttoa$ fo pto$It<$, bap fte gar nityt fetjen fonnien, 
toa$ ed fet, m bte Saute Jjereuu 23etbe Wtdten erfc^rocfen auf* 
SlugenWufd tarn in jiurmenber Stle etn grofer 9?autooget na$* 
geflogen, unb ffimW mit mit audgetretteten gTugetn am Sm* 
gauge ber iaubt. 25a er ater Seute fatj, mafyte er ftdj efcen fo 
fd^neC fcueber baoon. Signed faf? fo fcpdjtew ba, baf fte ft$ 
nu#i umjufeijen getraute, toa$ bad &o£l fern moge, bad fo ge* 



39 

fc$ttrinb in bte Saute ijeretn geftogen tt>ar, Stflem bte gutter fagte 
lacfcetnb : „prtf)te bi<$ nu$t! £3 t'ft tt>of)t nt$t3, al3 trgenb em 
23ogelem, bag ftcij fcor bent ©tofisogel £te$er gep^tct $at." 
<Ste faf) na$, unb rtef: „St ftefj bc$, em fc^neettetf e$ gauWetn! 
g$ §at ftdj m femer Stugfl ba gerabe Winter bir fcerflecft/' ©ie 
ratjm e6, Wtcfte Signed forfcf^enb an, unb fagte : /7 9Xuf ben Slfonb 
ttn'tt {$ btr ba$ ScfoWem fcraien/' 

„33raten ?" rtef Signed erpaunt, unb griff mit oetben £dnben 
na$ bent £cut6cf)en, at$ ttoKte fte e3 bent angebrofjten Sobe 
entretfien* „9?em, Kefce gutter/' fagte fte, „ba$ n>ar ntt^t bcm 
Srnft ! 2)a3 arme £f)tercfjen £at feme 3ttffad)t ju nttr genommen 
— nne fonnte t$ es tobten? O ftetj bo$, ttue f$one3 tft! 3n ber 
2$at, e$ t'ft fo wetfr ttn'e ©$nee, unb feme p£$en, jte$ nut, 
ftnb fo fdjon rotfj une SoraCem §1$ fiefi, fine tym no$ baS 
#er j f^Idgt ! 2$ H'cft mtc^ mit femen unfc^utbtgen Sleugtem 
fo fle^entltdj an, aU ttoflte e£ fagen : £{nte mix ntcfjts !— 9?em, 
KefceS £l?ter$en, u$ tfeue btr m'cfjtS ju Setb. 2)u foflfi bt$ mc$t 
umfonp ju nttr gejTiidjtet tjaften. £>u foftfteS gutkt nttr $afcen." 
f/ 9te^t, Ke*e* ttirio," fagte bte gutter freunbltcfj. „2>u $ajl 
* tttemen ©tmt getroffem 3^ tooCte bu$ nur priifen* 23rtng ba$ 
XanbUin auf bent Simmtv unb serforge e$ mit gutter. 2)te 
UngtucJltdjen, bte t'^re 3ttffo$t ju uns netmen, biirfen mx m'cfct 
*>erftof en. SBtr miiffen gegen afte 9?ot$Ietbenbe mttletbtg, unb 
anfy gegen bte S^tere ftarmtjerjtg fern/' 

4. £>ie gutter Kefl em Hemes, artt'geS £au£en£au£ mit 
rodent £>ad)e unb griinen ©ttterfiakn matym* Signed fteGte cS 
tn erne (£c?e f^re^ 3faimer$ unb n>te« e^ bcm Sau^en jur 



40 

23otmang an. ©te gafr tym tagKcfc reu$K$e* gutter nebfl 
frtfc^em SBaffer, unb t>erfa$ e* tm gnt gu 3ett mtt retuem ©anb* 
£>a$ £au£c$en getooiwte ft<$ taTb an Signed unb tturbe ungemem 
jutrauK^ unb tjetmtfd)* ©oMb Signed bte ££ure be$ meblicfcen 
HaftgS offncte, flog ba$ £aufcc$en £erau$ unb ptcfte t$r bte 
Sowlem, bte fte t'!?m sor^t'eft, au$ ber £anb* ©te fcrauc&ie aud> 
ba$ £au3$en mcjjt me$r ju serfcpe^en. £>a$ £Mc$en $telt 
ftdj f^on feftj* gem barm auf, 

2Benn ber 2Worgen antral unb Signed no$ f$Kef, ba lam ba$ 
2aufr$en auf tip topfftffen geffogen, ttecfte fte, unb Itef tip feme 
9?u$e me£r, W« fte aitfitonb unb eS futterte, Signed freHagte ftc^ 
fret %er Gutter baritfcer, unb fagte: „3# tx>eff after fdjon, na$ 
iti) fym, bamt't bte ungejHme Zax&t mify ni$t m%$ tm ©d^lafe 
flore. 3$ tterbe timfttg ba$ S^itrdjen be$ $aftg$ aCe 5l&enbe 
fitif 13 serrtegeln, bamt't fte 3ftorgen$ mdjt $erau$ famt." „9W#t 
bodj !" fagte bte 2Sutter. „2erne *nelme$r son bem SauWem 
fri$ auf$e!?en* gri$ auffte^en tfl gefunb, unb mafyt etnen fro^ 
ttc^en @tmt. £)ber mfifteft bu bt$ benn m$t f$amen, n>enn bu 
trager n>arefi aU et'ne Sauk ?" ©0 gett^nte ftcfj Signed an bag 
f riiije Slttfpe|en. • 

5. St'nmal faf Signed an bem ojfenen genjter unb nfyte. 
£>a$ £auW;en ptclte ju t'^ren giiffen etntge Srofamen auf. Slffem 
pIo§K# flog es auf— unb $um gender fynanS, unb fefcte ft$ auf 
baS ttS^fie £>a$. Signee erf<$raf unb tyat etnen tauten ©$tet; 
bte SJiutter lam unb fragte, n>a£ e<3 gefte, „Sl§ mem ZauUtinl" 
fagte Signed, unb jetgte ftemenb auf ba£ 2)a$, tt>o ba$ £mt&$ett 
fa?, unb ff$ fomtte* „&>dc t$m eternal !" fagte bte gutter. 



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Signed tyat ed — unb augenWtcfltdj flog bad £aufc$en ttn'eber 
£erafc, unb fefcte ftdj tljr auf We audgejkecfte £anb. Signed 
tt)ar iiber btefe golgfamfert entjfitf t. ©te gutter akr fagte : 
„@et bu gegen mt'cEj aufy t'mmer fo folgfam, n>ie bad £au£letn 
gegen btd) ; bann toerbe td;nocfj et'ne grofere greube |ato, aid bu 
jefct empfmbeji 9?u$t tt>djr, btefe greubemacijftbumtr?" Signed 
$erfpra$ ed— unb lu'elt SBort* @te ttmrbe bad fplgfamjie 9Kabc^en, 

Stned &age£ tjatte Signed tm ©arien iijre 33lumen unb auc^ 
manc^erlet ©emiife fcegoffen- 9Wube ton ber Slrfcett fefcte fte ft$ 
ju tfjret Sautter auf bfe griine 23anf nac^fl bem ©prmgfcrumten. 
35ao Zaubfym, bad je^t fo ga$m tear, bafj Signed ed itkraK fret 
ijerumfltegen Kef, fam £erfcet geflogen, an bem 33runnen ju 
trmfetu „©te$ nur, Sautter," fagte Signed, „ttne fcorftd?ttg ed 
son etnem fcemoof ten ©tetne jum anbem txiit ! 2Bte forg-falttg 
ed ftd) sor bem ©djlamme jftufc^en ben ©tetnen in SI$t mmmt! 
SDBte retnltc^ bad Sjjfercfjen tft! ®ie ttjeifle^arietjl am f^werfieii 
rem ju fcett>a$ren— unb bo$ ftefrt man me bad gertngffe gledf <$en an 
ben Wenbenb toctfien gebem bed a^tfamen £!n'er$end/' „Unb 
tine unac^tfam Signed WSttetfen ijl !" fagte bte Gutter, unb jetgte 
auf bad lange ft>et|e f Tetb bed grattletnd* Signed §att? f aid fte 
am ©prtngBrunnen mit ber ©tejtfamte SSaffer fc^opfte, ttjr Hleib 
m$t genug m Sld;t genommem ©te errotfjete unb jwm nun an 
gltcjj tt?r ftetfied f tetb immer bem rotten nengefattenen ©djnee. 

6. Signed J?atte emft mit %er gutter erne Heme SRetfe gema^t, 
auf ber fte fefjr stele greuben genojj* Slid fte Slfcenbd jurticf fam, 
flog bad Staa&cijen t£r fogletdj entgegen, unb jetgte erne ft<$tfc are 
greube fiier $re ^uriicffunft „g$ l^at ben ganjen Sag urn 



42 

Q?tf$ getraueti," fagte bie 9#agb, „unb @u$ ufcrafl gefucfjt* 
3$ ntttfl midj ttmnbew, baf? em S^ierdjen, bag bo$ feme 23er* 
tronft $at, feme SBofjItijaterinn etfenne, unb t'^r fo ergeften feu" 
„£3 tfl toatjr," fagte Signed „fut bie toenigen $ornIein ; bie i$ 
\l)tn taglidj preue, fomtte e$ ntc^t banffcarer fern/' „23ift bu 
afcer," fprad^ bte gutter, „auti) immer fo banfbar? ~©ie^ bu 
$ajt Ijeute fo Jotele $reuben genoffen ! $ajl bu ©ott auqj fd;on 
bafiir gebcmft ? §a£ bid) bodj nicftt soon einem S^'er^en fcefd;a* 
men/' StgneS $atte bfefimal no<$ ttu|i barau geba^t, ©oft gu 
banfen* 2?on nun an ging fte after nie nte^r gur 9?u$e, 6ei>or fie 
©ott fur bte Steuben unb 2BoJjttf)aten be$ £age$ i^ren tnnigften 
2)anf bargeftradjt Jjatte. 

„2)u KefceS £fjier$en," fagte emfi Signed, frity 2ftorgen$ an 
if^rern 2trfceit$tifd)d?en ft^enb, ju t^rer £au6e, bie an bent 3£anbe 
be3 £if$djen$ faf, unb mit ben ftaren, fdjulblofen Slugen freunb* 
U6) ju t^r auffclidte* „3$ Ijate nun son bir fdjon 3Kmt(#e$ 
gelewt, unb bin bir Jofefen 25anf fdjulbig/' S)ie Sautter fagte : 
„S)a8 ©d?onj?e, toa3 bu son t'^r kxmn fawtji, tfl bo$ nod) ufcig* 
©ielj, bie reine toeife Xante tji ein ttefcltc^e^ 23ilb ber Unfdjutb* 
©t'e ijl o|me gatfdj, o|me £rug unb 23erfie#ung, rein t>on 2lrgKfl, 
ungefimjlelt unb oljne atle 3terereu Unfer gottlidjer (Srlofer 
feritcfte biefeS aGe3 mit cintxn einjigen 2Borte au6, inbem Sr 
fprad) ; ©eib etnf altig toie bie £auben ! ID mo$te biefe eble Sin* 
fait imnterbir eigen fern* 2)?o$ten £rugunb23er|Mung unb afleS 
SSofe immer fern i>on bir fcleitem ©ott gefe, baf man son bir 
fagen fonne : Signed ift fc^utbtoS unb ofme 8Mtf$/ ^ie e * ne Kart&e/' 
SSirHidj fonnte man biefeS auc^ mit SBa^rljeit son tpr fagen* 



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n. 

SRofalmbe unb t§re Zvfyttx dmmcu 

7* Gftmttat ttar dtitttt Zfyrtalb son einent 3^ 3*3^ erne 
^a^Irct^e 9?duter£ante jurfiif gefcnrnteu, bte ba$ gattje Sanb in 
(S^reden gefegt #afte* SSergtrogt unb frpfjttc^ titer ben gliicflicf) 
t>o!T& ratten 3ug fafl er nun SttenbS fat etnem Sedjer SBein, unb 
er^dftfte, an'e er nte^rere 3?dukr etngefangen unb ben ©eric^ten 
uBerttefert, bte ufcrtgett ater jerfprettgt $a£e, fo fcaf nun ttneber 
D?u!je unb Sicfjerfjeit tm Sanbe feu ©te Srjd^Iung toa^rte 
etwaS lange* -Ottilia unb Signed fatten baBer t§re jterlidjen 
Spmnrdbcfjen fjerkt ge^olt, fpannen fefjr emft'g, unb fcorten t&m 
aufmerffam ju, 23 ttmrbe jtemticfj fpat, unb ba3 attgejimfcete 
iiifyt Brannte terettS auf bent £if$e* 2)a trat erne anfe^nticlje, 
fcfjone ftxau in ft$tt>arjer Sleibung unb nut Haffen SEangen tti 
baS Simmtv, unb fu^rte em ffeuteS ftraxxUin, ba3 autf) fcfjttarj 
getfetbet roar, an ber £anb* ©er fitter, Dttilia unb 2lgne3 
ftanbeu auf, bte frembe gran, bie fte ni$t fannten, ju fcegritpen* 

2)te gratt afcr fpra^ unter 5Dt'eIen Straiten: „@ott griife 5u#, 
j\$r ebler fitter l—Obtotf)t id) Su§ nc$ nie fcon 2ingefic|t 
gefe^en Jjate, fo ne^me id) benno$ nteine 3 u f^$t ju 2u$* 3$ 
bta 3?ofaImt>e son #o$enittrg, unb biefe3 Hinb t'ft meine Softer 
Smnta* 3$* ^t tinn fcieWeic$t, mit ftel^em grof en Setb mid) 
©ott fmm^efudji fyat 2ttem feltger 9)?ann, ber gute 2lbatri$, 
©ott triifte \fyx 9 Cft an fetnen 23unben gefbrkn, bie er in ber 
gro£en ©dtfac&t be3 sergangenen 3ft$&$ w^telt O ttu'e sieves 
§ate i$ an t$m sertoren ! @r mar ein fe$r ebler SWann, em guter, 



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Kebeaofler ®atte, ber fcejle 2?ater! 2)o$ 3$r |>att tynja fettfi 
gefannt (£r war ufcrtgenS fo tootjttfjattg gegen atfe 2)urfttgen, 
baj? er un3 feme ©$a£e fn'nterlaffen fonnte ; er fn'nterlegte un$ 
bafiir emeu @$a§ in £tmmel, 3e£t ttu'fl man un$ after au$ 
nodj bagjem'ge neljmen, toai twr ju unferm SefcenSuntertjalte 
notfjtoenbtg §afon* Stteme 9?a$6aren, jwet $afcfuc$tt(je Slitter, 
fcebrangen midj fef)r* 2)er Sine nn'#, unier atlerlet SSorttanben, 
meme fcpnen, retdjen ^owfetber mtb SBtefen, fa's unten an bte 
2)?auem be$ ©$roffe$, an ftdj reifeiu Set SInbere modjte gem 
bte anfe^uttc^eit 2Balbungen jur anbew ©ette be$ @c$Ioffe$ ftdj 
juetgnen* 23etbe fitter fmb gegen mt$ ganj seranbert 2)ie 
£afcfudjt/ bte fo *>iet 33ofe$ auf Srbett anrttfjtet, $at fa au ^ 
greunben ntetneS 9)?anne$ ju memen gemben genta^t* 3Kem 
feltger 2lbalrt$ fa$ ba$ ioo^t fcorauS, ©tet&enb nannte er tm'r 
no$ Suren 9?amen* 23ertrau' auf ©oft, fagte er, unb auf 9ttfter 
£fjeoMb, fo ttn'rb btr fern getnb auc§ nur em §aar fruntmen. 
(Srfitflt nun btefes 2Bort be$ ©terfanben* 21$, m# follte ;dj 
anfangen, mm itf) fo um atfe nteme ©liter fame, unb tm'r uteris 
iifcrtg UkU, aU bte ©cftfofmtauew! SSon btefen ©temen fonnte 
tcfj tntt meiuer Smma $ter nt$t lefcen. ©oKtet S^r— tx>a^ ®$tt 
serpten tooGe— au$ etnmat ba3©$ulfattneme3 2)?anne$ Jjaten, 
unb foftten Sure grau unb Suer UtbtS $mb fn'er m erne 
afjntttfje 9?otlj f ouittien, ttn'e tc§— fo toerben fte bann aufy etnen 
%xva ftnben, ber fte rettet/' 

2)te Heme Smnta, bte mtt Signed ungefafjr son gtet^em filter 
»ar, nat;erte f£$ nun audj bent fitter unb fagte ttemenb : 
,/SbIer 2ttann! ©etb mtin 3Sater unb serflofft mi$ nifyl" 



45 

8. SRttter ZfeobaVo jfonb erttjl ba, tjtelt nadj fetner 2lrt mt't 
ber £anb ba3 Jh'nn, unb Wtcfte fc^n>etgenb jur Srbe. 2tgne$ 
ttemte unb fagte; „8tefcer 23ater, eriarme btdp t^rer ! ©teft, 
$ft mem SEauMem fcon bent 9?au5&ogel serfotgt nmrbe unb 
feme 3^$* ju wtr natjm, fagte bte gutter: St'e ttitgtitd* 
It'djen, bte t'fjre 3&fW#t ju un$ ne^nten, foflen nu'r m<#t fcerftoftem 
©te freute fu$, ba£ tip mt't bent arnten Zfyitxtyxt SDKtletb jjattfc 
Unb btefeS It'eBe graulem unb t$re SDZutter fcetbtenen ja bscfj 
me$r 9)?t'ttet'b unb Srftarmen, aU erne £au6e* Srrette fte au3 
ben Slaiten btefer fcofen fitter, bte ben StaufoiSgeltt gletc^en/' 

35er Slitter antftwtete geriifjrt: f/ 2B#t, Itefce Signed, mt't 
©otteS SBetjianb tt>erbe t§ tfmen Ijetfen* 9ftem ©tt'Ofc§ttetgen 
ttar m'djt ^artljerjtgfett ; t$ iiftertegte nur, ttn'e tt$ bte eble 
Gutter unb baS gute Stub retten fimne/' ®er 3?t'tter tjotte 
fair bte $rau etnen ©ejfet, unb Signed rutfte etnen fur ©mma 
$erfcet\ ©te fefctett ft$* $xau Ottilia after <$utg, toegen ber 
uneroarteten ©afte erne titoa$ ret^It'c^ere 2lknbma%ett ju 
fceret'ten. 2)enn bamalS war e3 ©t'tte, bafi bte SKt'ttersfrauen 
fet&ji bte 3!u$e foforgten. 

9?t'tter £fjeoMb erfunbt'gte ft$ nun genau nad) ben Urfai^en, 
au$ benen bte $mi fitter fo grofe gforberungen marten, unb 
fagte am Snbe: „9lvin gut! ©0 met i§ fefje, 1)abt 3#r 
soOfommen 9?e<$t 2ttorgen mt't 2iufrru<$ be$ £age$ toift t'dj 
mt$, son emtgen 3?et'iern fcegtettet, aufmadjen, urn erp ben 
SBeg ber ©iite ju fcerfudjem SlefW mt't Surer Softer $kx, 
W$ ify juritd fomme; fo fomtet 3#r bte gitten 9?a$rt'$ten, 
bte t# Sudj ju fcrmgen ^offe, gfetdj fet&ji mt't na$ £aufe 



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netjmen/' Stibeffett murbe bad gjfert ferh'g. @te agen jufammett 
ftfytify attf bte 3?a$i, unb am fotgenben Sttorgen fefcfe ftdj 
Slitter £6eoMb ju $ferb, unb ritt mit feinen Seuten fort 

Signed fjatte erne grope Jreube, bap grMem Smma einige 
Sage ba Witb. ©te ful)rte bad graulem auf ifjr 3tmmer unb in 
beu ©arten, unb jeigte ifjr ifjren Kletberfaflett, iijre 231umen unb 
i$m Zanh?> SBctbe 2ttab$ett murben Mb ^erjlt^e $reunbinnen; 
benn audj ®mma mar em feljr gutgearteted, mofjfgejogened Smb. 

9- 3?a$ einigen £agen fam fitter XfjeoWb fttrfiif* r/ ^^ 
tt$e 95otfc3&aft ! /y rfef er, al3 er in bad 3tomer trat „(£ure 
geinbe, eble $rau ! ftnb son iljren ungere^ten ^orberungen at>ge* 
ftanben unb after ©treit $at nun em (Snbe* 3mar ffltf wetne 
3?eben fatten fte menig geacljiet, fo ffar ify ifjnen &u$ tfjr Unrest 
sor Slugen fegte* Slid i$ after jebem, ber Su$ bad fleinfte ?etb 
jufiigen ttmrbe, $rieg anfimbeie, ba gatien fte ftdj jur 9?u$e. 
©eib nun getrofi unb gufen 3J?utfjed, eble grau ! ffem grember 
nu'rb nun son Suren Jdjonen $etbern ernten, ober in Suren 
SBalbmtgen jfagen unb $ot^ fatten/' 

©te trauernbe grau mar ^teruBer fetjr erfreut Straiten bed 
2>anfed glanjten in iijren Slugen. ,,©01*/' fpra$ fte / , v ber 
treue 23efcp£er ber SBtttwen unb Sffiatfen, ber m'(^td ©uted un* 
telo^tt lajjt, mofle ed Sucfj sergelten, mad 3#r an uttr unb 
mement $mbe get^an $ait ! Sr mofte Sud) $or Unglucf £e* 
matjren, unb (£u$ aud jeber 9?ot$ erretten/' 

Sic macfjte nun Sfejialt, na$ ^o^enBurg jurucf $u fejjretu 
2ne fteiben Srautein na^men 2t6f$teb, unb jerfloffen in £f)ranen* 
Signed moGie itjrer jungen gfreunbum em Slnbenfen gefcen. 



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dmma $atte ofterS ben 2Bunf$ gedufert, awfy fo em ^mt$ 
Zaubfytn ju Ijabtn. Signed fcradjte ba3 £au&$en, briicfte e$ an 
tfjre naffen SBangen; unb ga£ e3, fo ft'efc fte e3 and) fjafte, ii)xtx 
greunbt'nn* Smma Lottie e$ m'c$t annefjmen. S3 entjlanb em 
freunbfd)aftttc$er (Strett Snblttf; mufie Smma na^gefceti* 
2(gne$ f^enfte t§r nun iikrbtefS no$ ben jterlf^en fiaftg, unb 
empfa^I t£r ba$ £cut&$en fo angelegentltc^, wie eiwa erne 
Gutter tljr ®mb empfteltft, ba3 fte fremben ipattben anoertraut 

311$ @mma fort war, woKte e$ Signed faft gereuen, t'fjr KeBeS 
£cm6$en oerf^enft ju Ijatem ,,3$ fjatte bem graulet'n Kefcer 
meme golbenen SDJjrenrmge gum Stnbenfen gefcn fotten !" fagte 
fte gu tijrer SKutter. SlKem bte gutter fpracfj: „£)a$ magft 
bu em anber 5KaI tljun, wenn Smma un$ wteber fcfu$i giir 
jefct fonntefl bu bemer ftemen ^reunbttm ntcfjtS @$tcfltc§ere3 
geben* Sm retcijereS ©efc^enf ware tljr nt$t fo angenefjm ge* 
Wefen, ttnb $attc fte oteftetdjt nur gebemutfjtget* 2m ©ef^enJ 
mtt bem, m$ btr ba3 8tefcjle war, ofcwoijl e$ an ft<$ wem'g 23ertf? 
$at, efjrte fte, unb war tyx em 23ewet$ bemer St'efc* £a$ e3 bt$ 
atfo mcf>t reitetu ©telj, bem guter SSater war fcerett, fern Sefcen 
baran ju fe£en, ber fcebrangten SBittwe ju Jjelfen* Unb fo tfi e$ 
ja fcf)on, baft au$ bu betne Itefcfte gfreube ba^m gafcfl, bte fc* 
trufcte SSatfe ju er^ettern. 28er m'c§t frfi$ lernt, jebeS jeitlid)e 
©ut, fo ttefc e$ tf>m auc$ fet, far bte SKenf^en ju opfern, wtrb fte 
m'e wa^r^aft UMn. ©ot$e Opfer ge^oren akr unter bte f$on* 
flen, bte wir ©ott barf>rmgen fonnen, — ©oft Wtrb btr btefeS bem 
ppfer beremft £errlt§ Mo^nen/' 



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III. 

3wet ty tiger. 

10. §rau SRofaKnbe lefcte ntit ifjrer £o$ter Smma u>teber unge* 
ftort, getrofl unb jufrieben in ben SWauent ifjreS atten ©$IoffeS, 
ba3 tief in etnem ttatbt'gen ©efcirge lag. £)a fanten eine$ 
2t6enb$ fpat jtt>et $ttger an ba$ ©^loflt^or, unb fcaten urn 
Sfoc^iljerterge. ©te trugen bunfetfcraune ^5tTgerfIeiber, fu^rten 
lange ^tlgerjiafce in ber ipanb, unb fatten nacf; ^ilgerart 
^uf$;lfcf?alen an ifjren $iiteu fcefefh'gt. £>er £fjor barter met* 
bete fte fcei 9?ofaIinbe an. ©te §rau fcefafjl, bte jn>ei Scanner m 
bte untere <StnU ju fufjren, unb i£nen em 9?a$teffen unb jebem 
emeu 23edjer SBein ju reidjen. $latf) Ztffyt ging fte ntit Smma 
gu fatten ^tnaB. 

©te ^t'tger erjattften son bem gelofcten Sanbe. Sltte Seute tm 
©$Ioffe Morten fatten fefjr aufmerffam $u. graulet'n (£mma afcer 
f)atte uf>er bte tounbertaren GErjafjIungen etne gar ungemeine 
greube. £fjranen ftoffett ft&er ifjre SBangen, unb in i^rem 
fmblidjen £erjen regte ft<$ ber fromme 2Bunf$, ba$ ^eiltge Sanb 
and) einmal ju fefjen, in bem etttjl unfer (Srlofer gewanbelt. 
@ie fobauerte nur, baj? biefer SBunfc^ m$ nkmaU in Srfut* 
lung geljen toerbe. 

„2ie£e Srnma," fpra$ bie Sautter, „ttur fomten un3 ju jeber 
©tunbe in ba$ geloWe Sanb fcegekn, unb ben Oelterg, ben 
$al$arierifcerg unb ba$ ^etTige ©rat tefuc^en ; toix btirfen nur 
fletptg in ber ©efc^i^te 3efu lefen. ©a fcegfeiten roix ben 
goitttc^en Srlofer gteicfjfam auf jebem feiner tooftfttjafigen £ritte, 



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anr fjoren bte 2Borte femes 2#unbe$, totr fet;en 3#n Wben, 
fierten unb auferffepen* SBemt ttnr feme Setjre, fern SBetfptet/ 
fern Setbett, femen Sob unb feme $erljerrft'$ung un6 re$t ju 
yinfym matyzn, fo Ijakn ttur bag geloWe Sanb in unferm iperjetu 
3a, menu atte 3)?enf$en feme ©efdjtd)te ju §erjen neljmen unb 
feme SeBre getreult'$ fcefolgen ttmrben, fo fonnte bte ganje Srbe 
em $et'Kge$ Sanb toerben/' 

£)ie ^tfger erfunbtgten fi$ ijterauf nadp ber umttegenbcn 
©egenb, fcefonberS after nad) bem ©$toffe gatfeu&urg* @te 
loiten ben Slitter 2#eoMb liter afte 9)?a£jen* „28enn feme 
Surg m$t gar ju n>ett aufer unferm 2Bege lage/' fagte ber 
2Wtere ber jtoei ^ilger, „unb toenn t$ Ijoffen fonnte, tfjn ju 
£aufe ju ftnben, fo Kef u$ mtc^ ben ttmweg nt$t serbrtefen/' 
3?ofattnbe serftcfjerte ttjn, bafj tt?r 2Beg natje an gfaKettfatrg 
sorfcet ge$e, unb ba{? fitter S^eoftalb, ber erft *>or emem ^aar 
£agen fcon emem Stftte $etm gefommen fet, otnte 3»etfel no$ ju 
£aufe fern merbe, f/ ^lnn, ba6 tjl mtr fetjr KeV fagte ber 
^tlger* „@$ foil mtr erne ^erjenStuft fern, tyn in fetnem 
©c^Ioffe ju ireffem 3$ 5 a ^ e S ar Stores nut t§m atjumacfjen. 
SDJorgen m after ^rii^e ge$t e$ alfo nac^ galfeufcurg*" 

1L gutter unb Softer gafcen ben $hTgern taufenb freunbttdje 

SBegruf ungen an fitter S^eoMb, feme $rau unb Softer auf. 

(Jmma britcfte jiebem em Hemes ©tt&erjlucf m bte £anb, bag bte 

Gutter ifjr jusor gegekn f?atte, unb fat fcetbe no$ fe§t angele* 

gentftdj, ber ftrMem Signed ju fagen, ba$ Zantttin kftnbe ftd) 

tt>o$I* ©a bte toofjlttjattge 9?ttterdfrau au$ ben ©efpra^en ber 

$Jttger sernommen fyatte, ba£ fte be$ 2Bege$ unfunbtg feten, fo 

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50 

fcefa^l fte nocij emem 2)tenftfnat>en, ber m ber ©tufce tt>ar, tywm 
morgen frufj belt 2Beg bur$ bas ©efctrg ju jetgen, unb ttmnf^te 
tfmen |n'erauf gute 9?a$t. 

2lm fotgenben Sftorgen retf ten bte ^tlger ab. 2)er finafce 
gmg frofjtt$ mtt, unb trug tfmen au$ ©efafttgfett nod) itfcerbiefl 
bte ftetben $ttgettaf$en nadj. 2)te ^tTger gafcen bem $na£en 
tt>emg %§t, unb ttanbetien f$tt>etgertb tfjten 2Beg, ber fcalb 
iergai, Mb fcergauf fu$rte. 211$ fte nneber etnen ftetlett 23erg 
erfh'egen fatten, unb ber ^u^ftctg efcener ttmrbe, ftngen fte an 
mtt einanber tiattem'f$ ju reben, 2)er fixttibt, ber fte fceglettete, 
»«r am %taUm. %Jlan nannte t$n in bem ©$toffe nur ben 
fletnen Sten^arb, vhvoft er ben tauten Seonarbo, nue man t$n 
in fetnem SSaterlanbe fyt$ , ttefcer getjori i^atte* fitter Slbalrtdj 
tjatte t£tt, aW etnen armen SBatfenfnaien, au$ 95arm$erjfgfett 
mtt na$ Scutfdjlanb genommen* Dlmty ber ®nafce *>oH* 
fommen beuffc^ geternt i^atte, fo fcerjlanb er feme SanbeSfpradje 
bo$ nodj re$i gut Sr fjordjte ^o^ auf, unb ttoKte ben fiU 
gem efcen feme greube fcejetgen, feme 9)?utterfprac^e reben ju 
^iiren — aK $r ©efpra$ t£m mtt ©$reden unb (Sntfe^en 
erfuttte* 

Sr mrtafym au$ $ren S^eben, ba£ fte feme toatjren ^ttger 
feten, fonbern ft$ nur fo serffetbet fatten; ba£ ilmen btefe 
©egenb gar nt$t fo fremb fet, aU fte sorgegekn; baf fte unter 
bte 9iaukrknbe geijorten, bte fitter Sf)eoktb fo gtucftu$ fce* 
fampft ^atte| unb bafi fte gegen tljn son 3?a$e gluten; bafj 
fte- im ©mne fatten, ftc^ unter bem ©d)eme ber grommigfett 
in feme Surg emjufd;Teicfjen, unb tyn urn erne 9?at$t$erfcerge 



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ju Bitten ; bap fie after fcatm in bet 9fat<$t auffle^en, tfjn toft 
SBetft unb Stub urtb alien ben ©emtgen ermorben, unb bas 
©cfjlop plunbern unb in 23ranb fteden tooCten. 

12. 5ff§ fie ftatfeniurg jttuftfjen jttjef ttatbtgen Sergen ut 
MMtcfjer gtrne Itegen faljen, fprac^ ber attere 9?aufter, 9?amen6 
tkpo, £u femem ©ptefjgefettenlDrfo: „2)a3 ift alfo ba3 aftfc^eu* 
Itd)e 25ra^ennefi, too ber fiirc^terttc^e Sftann too^nf, ber jo m'ele 
son unfern Seuten auf ba$ 23lutgeriift gefttac^t §at. Unter 
ben fc^recfftd^en SWartern foK er e$ nut bem £obe ftiipen- 
SStr tooKen t£n fttnben unb in ben glammcn feiner Surg 
leftenbtg fcerftrennen/' 

„£>as Unterneftmen tfi after bocfj etn^ad $aWftre$enb/' fagte 
Orfo, ber jungere 9?aufcer. „ 2&enn e3 fet?Ifcf>Iuge, fo gmgc 
e$ un$ fe$r iifteL S^bep ftnb bte (Sewage, bte ber Slitter 
auffjaufte, be3 SBagftucfeS tt>o$I tt>ert$." 

,, 3$n Jit ntorben/' fpradj Supo fcoft grtmmtget SJadjgicr, 
„ tji mtr erne grofere Sup, at$ atte feme 9?etd;tf)umer jit er* 
teuten, toktool)l \§ bt'efe aucf) ntcf)t »erac$te. ©elmgt uno 
btefer ©tretcfj nocf), fo ftnb mtr retdj gemtg. 23tr geften bann 
irafer £anbtt>erf auf, unb ttdftten erne ru^tgere Seften^art ttttb 
^a fommt rm'r eften fe$t em ^errltdjer Smfafl! SStr fuci;en 
nv4 au$ b?n 3?tetbern be$ dlittii€ bte prddjttgften au^ unb 
gietjcn fie an* £)u tragjl feme golbene QaUhttt unb id) fein 
9?ttterfreu$ mtt eblen ©tenter., £>ann entffte^en toix in em 
ferneS Sanb, n>o man un3 mc$t fennt, gelten bort far gro£e 
$zxxtx t unb laffen un$ wn ben gifammelten ©c$a§en toofy 
fetn/' 



52 

„ 2>a3 mare affeS gut/ 7 fagte Drfo ; , y aftetn \§ mi$ me$t, 
mtr tfl Ui bem £anbel bo$ fcange/' 

„2Ba3 fcange!" fagte Supo* „3|i ntd^t affeS gut au^gefunb- 
fdjaftet unb loera^rebet? £af>en mtr in ber ©egenb mcf>t £etfer$* 
ijelfer genug ? ©ofcatb mtr, unferer 2tf>rebe gemaj?, an bem $en* 
fler ber spilgerftofce bte bra Sifter anjiinben, fo fommen un3 
ftefcen tapfere / rfifh'ge $erle jit £ittfe, bte f$on tange jebe Matyt 
auf btefed 3^N° P^ffa** ®* e f e faffa* ^ir kann km^ ba$ Heine 
@artenpfort$en, baS son inntn Iei$t ju offnen tfl, in ben ©c$to£ * 
|of> Stner barunter, ber efjemalS bori alS SBetterSfne^t ge* 
Went Ijat, ater fortgejfagt morben, fennt afte ©ange, 3iromer 
unb ©emolk bes SdjloffeS fo gut, al8 fern eigeneS $avt$. 
Unb Unferer neun merben mtr bann mofrt mit etlidjen fcfjlafenben 
3ftenfdjen fertt'g merben* 9?ur guteS $Jtufy$. @s gelingt 
gemif/' 

Sent guten Seonarbo f^auberte e$ titer btefe graulirfjen 2tn* 
f^Iage, gr Kef ft$ inbeffen nifytd merfen, ba$ er itjre ©pradje 
tterfietje* (Sr gtng Winter ifjnen fjer, ppcf te ©lumen unb tranter 
abj unb pft'ff auf et'nem 23tatte etn ?ieb$en. 3u fetnem iperjen 
fCe^te er aSer ia&runflig ju ©ott, ©ott mofle bte Slnfdjtdge ber 
33ofemi$ter ju nidjie madjen* 2lu^ na^m er ftdj &or, fte Ws 
galfenfcurg ju fcegleiien, unb bem Slitter £fjeo-6atb afleS ju ent* 
betfen* 

%nbzm bte tauter nod) aCerlei ttera&rebeten, i^ren SInfcSjtag 
tn$ SSerf jn rtc^ten, trat ber 5leltere auf bem fc^malen gufijfo'ge 
fe$t, unb mare kinase in eine gelfenflnft $ina&gefturjt. Sr 
Wiefc jebo$ im fallen an einem £)om(mfc&e ^angen* Die ©omen 



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rtffen tym ba$ ^ttgergeftanb auf, unb Seonarbo fa§, baf er mttet 
bent tangen, fttjwarj&raunen ftletbe cm fc^arlac^rot^e^ 2Bamm3 
unb einen fctanfen, eifernen 23ruftfjarnif$ trug* Stud; eutftet ifjm 
em fdjarf gefcpffener 3)ot$+ SlUem ber J?nak tJjat, al$ ^afte 
er m'djt$ bason gefe^en. £)er alte 23ofemic§t jiecfte ben Sold? 
eitenbS trneber ju jt#, fnopfte ba$ ©e&anb uneber gu, unb Hicfte 
ben fcangen $nabzn ofter3 fcit»arW an— mit 2tugen fo fdjarf w>ie 
2ibter$augen* 

3e§t lame-tt fte an einen fitr^terlt^en 2t6grunb, in beffen Stcfc 
em ©eftirgSftrom fcrauf te, ber son tangent 3?egen ma^tig ange^ 
f^ttwflett tsar* 3^^i tutfdjige ^elfen tjingen ju fceiben ©etten 
ii&er ben Strom $erem, unb em tanger, fdjmater £annent>aum, 
ber nur auf ber oBern ©ette etmaS Be^auen tt>ar, lag barker $m 
unb btente jum ©tege* 2)er edit dianUx fagte auf itatienifdj ju 
femem ©efafjrten : , 7 @3 fonnte bodj fern, ba£ ber SBufce genterft 
ptte, i$ fet fcetoaffnet, unb ba fonnte er Uifyt 23erba$t gefefjopft 
fjafcetu 5$ ttH# t'N/ ^ enn . er ufcer ^m ®* e 3 S e H *&*& ©fo£ 
gefcen, baff er in ben 2lbgrunb fjinunter ftiirje* 2)ann fmb toix 
gang ft$er«" 

25em armen Seonarbo lief e3 et ^ fait tifter ben 9lu(fen» Sr 
Wiet> mdjrere ©$ritte son bent gefafjrtidjen ©tege fte^en, unb 
fagte : „©a getraue idj mir ni$t Emitter ; mi$ fommt jegt f$on 
ein ©djnnnbet an/' 

13. 2)er atte 9?du6er fagte aSer : „$iir$te bi§ m^t> Sfwtfce! 
$omm nur einmat Ijer; i$ trage btc$ Emitter/' 2)er atte 33ofe* 
ttn<$t ging mit auSgejlrecften Slrmen auf Seonarbo ju, ifm gu 
ergreifen. SlKein Seonarbo ttn'cfj fdjreienb unb jammemb gutticf, 



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unb wax f^on gefafit, fofcalb ber diaixUx tf>m ju nafje fame, tn 
baa @eMf$ ju entfprmgen* „2l$," rtef ber jtttembe £nafc, 
„Iafft mtdj bo$ geljen! SBtr fonnten ja SBetbe fjmunter fturjen* 
Unb wenn t<$ au$ gtucftttf) §miikr fame, nne fomme t$ bann 
nneber Jjerukr? %a$t miti) nacf) £aufe* 3#* iraudjt jefct 
femen 2Segn>eifer metjr* 2)a fjjr ben ©teg erret^t $abt unb e$ 
m#t mefjr gar mit nadj galfenfcurg ijl, fo fonnet tyx mc$t me$r 

£)er liingere 3?au$er f^rtefc bfe Slngfl be$ $naf>en etnjtg bent 
fdjauerltrfjen ©tege jit, t>or bem i$m felbffc graute unb fagte 
ttaltemfrfj: „3$ t$M miefj tjinunier flurjen laffen, n>enn ber em* 
falttge S3tf6e ettoaS gemerft $at; unb i^atte er audj bemen 
£arnif$ unb 2)oI^ gefefjen— tt>a$ tjW benn? Unfere ©pra$e 
serpent er bo$ nifyi, unb mi% alfo m$t, tt>a$ urir sorfjafcen* 
SIuc^ ttmrbe man anf fern KnWf<$eS @ef$toa£ toemg ad;ten, ober 
boclj tt>emg barauS madjen* §a£ ben armen £ropfen laufen !" 

, ; 3?un metnetfjat&en!" fagte ber Slettere* ,,3* groferer BU 
djerfjett tt>often ftnr after ben ©teg aitoerfen- 2>awt biirfte ber 
33uf>e 2iOe£ n>tffert ; er fonnte unfer Unteme^men bo$ m'djt me^r 
fu'ubenu Sort It'egt galfenfmrg, 93 tele ©tunben ben ©trpm 
In'nauf unb tymah tfi feme 33riide* S3 ifl unmoglitf), erne 9fa$- 
rte$t lerftto ju trtngen, fcewr mtr unfer SBerf auSgefiitjrt 
£a£en/ y 

SMe fetben SRaufcer naljmen (fre ^tlgertafc^en urn, Kef en ben 
Snafcen jie^en unb gmgen, o|ne t$m fur bte ©eglettung §u banfen, 
tiber ben ©teg* 2H3 fte tjmiikr toaren, f$r:e Supo beutf$ £er- 
ufcer: vUttafce, bu faji 9ied;t; ba$ tjl em Wfer ©teg! Sr tft 



»en Sifter ntorfrfj unb %alb aerfault. £>a fimnte man leic^t fern 
Sekn emfcufen, ©amtt fern ttoglwl gefc^e^e, ttcKen tott t|ft 
&>egf$affen* Die Scute fterben bann fc^ott emeu fceffern ^erftei 
fc^affen/' 

£>te 9?cut&er marten ben f^malen 33atfen los ; er fturjtc nut 
grogem ©epolter in ben Sl&grmtb, unb ber fdjaumeube gtuf rifl 
i£n trut^enb mtt fort, @o£atb bie serfap^ten ^it.ger Winter 
einem ^elfen, urn ben ftcf) ber ©eg f ritmmte, serfdjttunben toaren, 
fmg Seonarbo an ju laufen, m$ er $ermo$te ; urn bie fc^recftidje 
3?acljrid?t feiner gnabigen §rau S u u&er&ringem Senn er tt>uft te 
fonft Sett unb fcreit feinen SWenf^en, ber siettei^t bie brc^enbe 
©efatjr a&wenben fonnte* 



IV. 

<5d;recfen unb Stngfl, g?ur<$t unb ipoffmmg. 

14. grew 9Jo(aIinbe ba$te in t£rem <2d)loffe £o{ien£urg an 
m'djtS toeniger, at3 an bag gvofe Urtgtiitf, ba$ i^rem 23efc$u£er, 
t^m eblen S^eoMb, broijte. graulein Smma rebete nur immer t>on 
ben f$onen Sqaltfungen ber fjflfger, unb tyat an ifjre gutter 
eine 9#enge ^r<*gen ixHv ba3 geCotte Sanb. 23eibe fceforgten ben 
Sag $inbur$ rutn'g ifjre ©efc^afte. 

©egen 2l6enb, ba bie ©cnne ni$i me^r fo $etfj f^ien, unb 
erne lieWidje friWe Suft tt>ef?ie, gin-gen fie 'con bem ©$Ioj$fcerge 
£inat> in ba$ Xfyat, urn tfjre Slecfer ju tefeSen* Slfle §elb* 



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fruc$te ftanben J>errttc§* Smtge SlecJer prangten teretts mtt 
gelfcen 2teljren unb *>erfpra$en erne retdjttc^e Sternie; anbere, 
mit ©pdiflac^S fceJftttf, loaten son ber IteWtc^en gta$3f>Iu$e 
im&ergleu#lt<$ ftfjon Watt, gutter unb £ocljter fatten, ba tfmen 
bte ©uter gletdjfam n>teber neu gefc^enft toaren, etne boppetie 
greube baran, unb banften ©ott no$ eternal fo tjer$It$ fur 
©emeu retdjen ©egem 

2)a fam Seonarbo, ber fttta&e, ber bte $HIger fceglettet l)atte, 
mtt ©$toet$ fcebetit unb faft aufier Wfytm bafjer gefprungen* 
„D gndbtge grau/' rtef er, unb f$Iug bte £anbe jufamtnen, 
„xoai tfi bo$ ba$ ©$re<fK$e«! £>te gmet Scanner ftnb feme 
pfger, fonbern SRdu&er unb Sftorber* ©te tooften ben fitter 
£fjeoMb mtt alien ben ©etntgen ermorben, unb fern ©$Io£ 
pliinbern unb oetirennen/' 2)er $nafce tt>ar fo entftdfiet, baf er 
ntc^t setter reben fotmte. Sr fanl unter etnen SBirri&aum £m, 
ber am 2Bege panb, £otte fetjr tjefttg Sltfjem, ttmrbe faji 
otjnmd^ttg, unb fcraucfcte lange M$ er nneber reben fonnte* 

Stofattebe unb @mma toaren ir&er btefe dlatyxityt faft aujj er 
fl#* „£) ©ott fan £tmmet/' rtef bte gutter, „tt>a« fair em 
entfe§It$er Slnfc^Iag tjl bfefel ! 21$ ber gute eble 2ftann unb bte 
sortreffftc^e grau !" 

„Unb bte gute Signed !" rtef bte gttterttbe, tobtenMetdje ($mma. 
fyW!^ toenn fie unb t£re ©Item ermorbet toerben, fo j^erfce t$ sor 
Sammer!" 

„D Smma/' fpradj bte SWutter, „a<$ rile bodj *>orau$ auf bag 
©$to£ ! 3$ tterbe mtt bent ermatteten Stnc&tn fu'er fo fc^nefl 
na^lomnten, aU e$ mi>glt$ i% 2auf au$ aUm $ raften, unb ruf 



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unfere Seute jufammen! ©te [often aufftfcen unb na$ galfenfcurg 
etlen, um bte guten 9D?enfc^en ju ^arnen* ©te (often retten, fo 
fc^neft fte fimnen, unb foftien awfy bte $3ferbe bariifcer ju ©runbe 
getjen/' 

Smma et'fte, fo itifyl unb fftidjitg, ttne et'ne ©emfe, ben pet'len 
ffierg fnnauf unb erretc^ie ba3 23urgtt)or* 2tuf t'ljren @$recf ens* 
ruf ttefett afte Seute tm ©cf)toffe erfcfjrocf en im ©$Iopofe jufam* 
men. Smma erja^Ite furj, baf galfenturg in ©efa^r ftetje, 
bur$ geuer unb ©$meri fcerljeert ju fterben* £)t'e UmjWjenben 
entfe|ten ft$, f$ma§ten iifcr bte ^ilger, unb jamnterten, ate 
fhimbe if)x etgene£ ©$Io£ in glammen* 

15. Uefor et'ne SEBetle lam Sfcofalutbe na$, unb trat mxt Seonarbo, 
ben fte untermeg3 ixbtx bte nd^eren Umftdnbe fcefragt fyattt, in ben 
@$Iof$of, ;/ 2Ba$ jfcfjt t$r nrojftg unb I'ammert !" rtef fte* 
„©t'£t bo$ auf — etlet — reftei!" 

"£>a3 tft unmogttdj, gndbtge grau!" fagte ber alte, et'sgraue 
©taflmetjler be$ felt'gen dtitttx$. „£)it jmet ©djurfen ijakn 
etnen ju grofen 23otfprung. ©te ftinnen fceretio ba$ ©$lo$ 
galfeniurg erret^t $afcen* S3ebenft bodj, ttn'r fyabm auf bem 
gatjrttege Bet fitnfjefjn ©tunben batn'n unb eS tft fcerettS Sttenb* 
SBt'e fonnte man ^m totittn, son langem 3tegen serborfcenen 2Beg 
id bunller iflatyt fo fc^neft jurMfegen ? Sluf bem fceften fSferbe 
getraute i$ mix faum fcor 2fafcru$ be$ £age$ na$ gatfenfcurg 
ju fommen* Unfre alien Slcfergaute after taugen gar nify jum 
Stetien, unb unfere $rt'eg$roffe ftnb ja fett bem £obe be$ felt'gen 
Setters aerfaufh 3n ber ganjen ©egenb n>ett unb fcreti tft fern 
9Jof aufjutretkn, ba$ ben fRitt nur jur £dlfte mfyklt/i 



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©te ebte ftxau ftanb ba, unb rang bte £anbe* ©te Kttfte 
fc^merjftcfy jum #(mmet, unb Straiten floffen tiBer tfjre SBangen* 
„©o tfi benn feme ipiilfe — atS Bet Sir, o ©ott !" rtef fte mtt 
aufgeljoBenen £>anben* „(SrBarme benn £>u 25td) ber eblen 
2#enf$en, bte ft$ metner fo IteBretcij erBarmt ^atett !— O Smma 
— Bete — fcete bo$, bajj ©ott bag 23or£aBen ber 33ofettn'd)ter 
fcerettfe !" 

ffimntft faltete bte $anbe, unb Betete mtt Slugen soli £§ranen : 
^Stefcer ©ott! iptlf t'^nen bo$, ftle fie unS audj getjolfen IjaBen/' 
&fle Seute tm ©c^toj^ofe falteten bte ipanbe unb fttmmten m ifyt 
©eBet mtt euu 

,.D tyr IteBen Seute," ftng bte Sautter nrieber an, „fo f^wer, 
ia Betncrf^ unmogluij e$ fern mag, *>or 3JKttenta<$i galfenBurg ju 
erretc^en, fo fcerfu^t e$ bennodj ! Stntge SSorte fonnten Sitter 
SeBen retten. 2ln etntgen SlugenBIttfen tji 2lfte3 geftanben ! 21$, 
tt>emt nur Seonaxbo m$t fo ermitbet unb son fdjnettem Saufen 
faft Irani ware ! (£r gtnge fogletdj/'— „2iBer bu, 2Rartm/' fagte 
fie }tt etnem jungeti $ne$te, „bu ^aft au$ f^nette §uf e> 9D?adje 
bu btdj auf ben 23eg* ©er S u ^ e 3 *P ][a to>o$I urn em ©rttt^etl 
nafjer. 3$ fdjenle btr |>unbert ©olbgutben, ttenn bu uo$ git 
renter Stit ju galfenBurg antangjV' 

„&$ tft m<#t mogttdj," fagte ber $ne$t „2Ber ttottte tn ber 
ftnjlern dlafyt bte f^malen gu^jiefge burdj ba3 ©eBtrge ftnben, 
o$ne jeljnmat tn SIBgrunbe ju fturjen?" 

„3ubem," fpra$ Seonarbo, „tji ber emjt'ge ©teg itBer ben 
©trom aBgetoorfen* $Jlan miifjte gliigel $aBen urn fumiBer $u 
fommen/' 



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,/Sliigel!" rfef Smma, unb i£re Slugen glanjten son ^reube* 
tfdwfet f«ttt tnir em, tone fen'r erne SBotf^aft na$ ^alfen&urg 
fdjitfen fonnen* JWtter SijeoBalb fagte mir, icf> muffe mem 
SauWem anfangS tooJjl einfc^lt'efen, fotift ftiirbe e3 fogleti^ 
jjurud fltegen. @o mit e<3 au$ fet, fagte er, e£ ftnbe ben 2Beg 
ftdjer* 2Sfr n)oflen ba^er ber Saute em fleineS 23vief$en 
anfjdngen, fo tringi fie e$ gemtf Mb nad) ^alfenturg/' 

„D Oott, £>tr fet ©attf!" tiefbie gutter; ^ benfe, Sit 
Ijajl uttfer gle^en etprt. Smma, biefen ©ebanfen gat btr beta 
guter Sngel em/' 

16* Smma fprattg fogleirf? ifjr Sdutdjen ju Jjotetn Die Sautter 
eilte auf i£r 3^mer unb fc^riefc bte 3?ac|ri$t auf em fleute* 
231dti$en. ©ie roKte ta$ 35Iatt#en feffc jufammen, unb fcefeftigte 
e£ an bem rotten £al3tdnb$en, mit bent Smma bte Saute 
gejtert $atte. Smma, *>on iljrer Sautter, bem alien ©taflmeifier 
unb alien $nec$ten unb SWdgben tegleitet, {rug Ijierauf bte ZauU 
ind Srete fn'nauS fcor ba$ ©$lo£ , unb lief fte fliegen. Sie Saute 
flog $0$ empor in bte tlaue Suft, fdjwette erne 3*ft ^ n uufe 
!jer— unb nafmt bann plo§li$ mit eilenben glitgeln ifyan 5^3 
galfenturg jit. Mt Sintoofmer be$ ©c$loffe3 £o£enturg toareu 
$o$ erfreut, unb priefen ben glucffic^en (Sinfafl be£ grdulein^ 
Sltte fenbeten ber Sauk taufenb gute SBitnfc^e unb ^erjlic^e 
©etete na$. fietn @$iff mit ©olb telaben war j'e unter fo 
fytifon ©egenSttumfdjett atgefegelt. 

grau Dtofalinbe unb grdulein Smma ttaren inbef boc§ $o# 
dngftli^er ©orgen. „2Btrb bte Saute xoo^l auty an Oxt unb 
©telle foramen?" fagte bie SKuttev. „2Benn fie einem diauh 



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sogel* in bte Sfauen ftete — tt>enn fte ben mittn 5^3 »i$t 
auSfuette unb ftcC; serfpatete— toenn fte ju gatfenturg m'$t 
demerit unb m$t etngelaffen n>iirbe — ad^ n>etc^ em entfe§ltdje$ 
UngtucI entjMnbe baraug !" gutter unb Softer fefcteu ft<$ an ba$ 
genfter, ba$ gegen gatfenfcutg fa$. @te fcfjauten mit fefmltrfjen 
SBKtfett, unter jietem ^erjenSgeki, in bte ©egenb* ©te 
Slfcenbbammerung fcvarfj em. S3 n>ar ifwen unkfdjretfcltcfj 
fcange* @te getrauten e$ ft$ laum ju benfen — em $euer$et$en 
am iptmmel mitffe e3 tfwen fcerfunben, n>enn bte ZauU mit bem 
33rieft$en nttfjt rtc^ttg etngetroffen ware* @(e tx>tc^en m$t son 
bem $enjto, Mb ttin @$fef lam m i$te 2lugen. 

STOttterna^t ttar fc^on sorbet ; em fur<$terlt$er ©turmnnnb 
fcraufie bur$ ben SBalb ; We ©egenb son gaflettfotrg lag m 
ttefem ©unlet* 3>e$t nmrbe e$ akr $u tfjrem @ntfe|en bortljm 
|effe, @te jtttertctt fcetbe unb fceteien* „3l<$ ©ott," rtef Smma, 
//i e £* f$%* bte glamme empor— tmmer tjofjer unb fjo^er ! $$ 
fte£, rote ber <3iurm»utb fte fettoartS fceugt!" gutter unb 
Zofytex ftelen Mnafy in Dtjnmadjt %Mn ju iljrer grofen 
ftreube nmrben fte fcatb tyreS Strt^um^ gen>a^r. £>te sermemte 
glamme n>ar bte gefogene ©pt'^e be3 SSftonbeS tm te£ten SStertel, 
ber in ber bunjfrgen 8»ft mtt feuerfatknem ©lanje aufgmg unb 
Mb, enter ©tdjel afmftdj, liter ben femen Sergen fcfjftefcte* ©te 
Mtekn am genfter ; fte kmerften ri&er bureaus nu$t$ son jenet 
fur$i£aren 9tot$e, bte Bet etner femen geuerS&rttnfi am nafy* 
lt$en $tmmel erfdjemt* SnbK<$ fcra$ ber Sag an— unb mtt 
greuben unb $ergK$ent £)anfe gegen ©oit fcegriifjten fte na$ 
filler ftanbener ©$recJen$nadjt ba6 freunbltdje attorgenrotfj. 



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£>ie Smttung* 

17* 9?ofafinbe unb gmma ttmfiten nun tt>ot?t, baf? e$ ben 23ofe* 
tt>ic§tern nicfjt getungen fei, galfen&urg m bie 2lf$e ju legem 
Slfletn fte ttaren nodj immer $o# Miimmert, ofc bent eblen 
Slitter unb feinen lieften Slnge^origen m'^W am Sefcen gef§eJ)en 
feu „2lc£, tea* ga6e i$ nm eine gute 9?a$ri$t son 5 a ^ en=s 
Burg I" fagte JRofalmbe offer. ,,201 mem @d)mucf toare nur 
m$t ju oiet/' „Unb i$, fagte Smma, ptooUtt aU mem ©i$a£* 
gelb mit gteuben baju legen." Subeff tt>ar ba$, ttaS in ber 
JDerflfoffenen 9?a$t ju Satfen&urg fcorgegangen toax, far fie jefct 
nocij tin ©etjeimmj?, unb e$ Wtefc i^nen nictjts 2lnbere3 it&rig, al^ 
gebulbig auf setter e ^adjric^ten ju toarten* £>ie Sa$e tt>ar 
afcr fo gegangen : 

fitter ££)eofcatb, grau Ottilia unb ftraulein $lgue$ fatten 
fid) am ^ortgen 2Ifcenb sergnitgt unb otme Sorge ju £ifdje ge- 
fe$t. 2)ie Sonne neigte ft$ fcereitS jum Untergange, 3$** 
feurigen ©iratjlen f^tenen burd) bie runben genflerfcfjeikn, unb 
crleuc^teten ben attertpmlic^en ©petfefaal. ©a melbete tin 
flrteg$fete$t bie j»ei $ilger* £)er Slitter fcefatjl, fte gut ju fce* 
wirt^en* „;fta($ £if$/ ; fagte er, „yd\U ity fie fpredjen* Da 
foflen fte tjerauf fommen, unb unS son ifjrer ^ilgerfa^rt erjafjlen* 
@e£i i^nen inbeffen ju effen unb einen $rug SBein, iamit fte ge* 
fpra^ig tterben/' ©er $ne§t ging, unb Signed freute ftcf) f$on 



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jum sorauS auf bte fcfjimen Srjaftfungen* 2ldfj, fetne£ at>nete, 
tteldj em fcfjtecfrtc§e3 Ungtiicf tljnen brof?e! 

SSie fte tittti fo fro^ttdj unb trauttcfj ktfammen fafjen unb 
rebeten— rtef Signed auf efamal fcewunbert: „3e, mem £dufc- 
lefa!" 3BtrfKc§ war e$ mtt auSgefpamtten fttugeln sor bem 
gettjler, unb pufte art bte ©$etkn, al$ Mie e$, baf man e$ 
fjerem taffen mo^te* Signed effnete ba$ ^enjler unb fogIet$ flog 
ba$ Z&nbfyn tfjr auf bte ©gutter, unb Kefcfofete tfjr* „©tetj 
bo$, &a3 fur em netted, rottjeS £at3Mnb$en e$ ^at/' fagte bte 
gutter; „unb ba Ijdngt ja gar em jufammengeroftteS papier 
baran ! 3$ gfaufce gar em 33rtef$en* 2Ba3 bte Sfaber bo$ fiir 
fettfame Sfafaffe fyabtnl" 

£>er Slitter Befa§ ba$ papier naffer, unb la* bte SBortc 
barauf: „$lttgenWuIK<# ju lefen/' "Stfun," fagte er tac^elnb, 
f/ ba8 tmrb grofie ©tie tjtf&en!" Sr roflte ba$ §3Iati auf, fa$ 
^trtein — unb entfarHe $$. ;/ @oit fat £famtel," rtef er, „tra$ 
tjlba*!" „3Ba3 tfl'S bemt?" rtefen gutter unb Softer er* 
f<$rocfetu £>er fitter Ia$ taut: „©eijr ebler £err! £)te jttet 
$ttger, bte fonte SlbenbS ju Su$ foramen, ftnb jwet tauter son 
ber grofen 23anbe, bte 3#r fceftegt |$&fc £)er Stettere ^et'ft 
Supo; ber S^ngere Drfo* ©te tragen £arm f f<#e unb fdjarfe 
Wfi&fyi unter t^ren $tlgerf lefbertt* 25tefe 9?ac$t tooflen fte Su$, 
Sure $rau utti graulefa Signed, unb aQe Sure $mk ermorben, 
Suer ©cf)Io£ ptunbern unb fa Sranb fledett* fSlit Surer Slitter* 
fletbung, ber golbenen Sette unb bem ^reuje wn @beljlefae» 
gef^mMt, ttoften fte bann nocfj me^rere 9)?enf$en fcetritgen* 
9lofy ftefcen Soferctdjier fa ber ©egenb mxtm nur auf bag aerafc- 



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rebete 3«$ett— brei Stc&fer unter bcm gfenjler ber ^tfgerfMe — 
—urn peimRdp in ba3 8$to§ ju foramen, unb i(;nen ju fceffen. 
2)ie jmet stouter ftoflen fytm bas Heme ©artenpfortc$en fStra* 
liti) offnen uub fte herein laffen. ©oft gcte, baf bte ZanU gliicJ* 
lt# anfomme, unb tafi 3!N aCe geteftct perfect ! 5udj auf 
emern anbern SBege erne tflafyxifyt ju fenben, ttar umnogltd), 
2af t bo$ augenMicf ltd) burc§ einen reitenben 23oten Sure Siettung 
melben— Surer banf6aren 9?ofaImfce/' 

„D ©off/' n'ef bte buffer gerii^rt, „iwe amnfcerfcar In'ft £u ! 
Die Sauk tfl em 23ofe beS QinmwU, tok eutft bte Sauk tee 
9?oe, bte ben Deljtoetg m bte 3frc§e frac^te. £3 2(gne$, lag un$ 
©oft auf ben ftufen banfen ttne t'ene frommen 5Kenf§en in ber 
2lrc$el Sr rettet un3 ekn fo mimberkr \ n 

%\x§ ber differ Kef fid) auf tin Sm'e m'eber unb rief mit 
gefatteten £anben $um £tmmel Micfenb : „0 ©oft, Sir fet 
£>anf !" Sr $tejj bann feme ©ematjtinn unb feme Softer in em 
anbereS Simmtx gef?en, n?arf fid) in feinen £arm'f$, giirtete fern 
3iitterfc§ttert an, unb fcefa$t einem ^aar feiner jlarf jlen 3?eifer$* 
fned)te Bet ber £anb ju few. 

18. £ierauf Kef er ben jtoei ^tTgern ttnffen, fte ntM;ten fjerauf 
lommen. 2Wtt gar bemiitf?tgen 9ftienen unb tnelen SSerkugungen 
traten fte in ba$ Simmtx, unb Supo, ber fcaS SBBort fu^rte, ftng 
mit fitter, lac^elnber SDh'ene unb ganj auSneJjmenber £ojTic$- 
feitan: „®DeIgejlrenger £err unb SKttet! 23t'r fommen efceti 
geraben SBegeS son £oljenimtg, unb fmb bte Uefcerfcrmger trot 
taufenb unb afcermal taufenb freunblid>en S3egvit£ungen. O ttu'e 
glucflt'4) fdja^eu nnr un$, beu Sftann son 2ingeftd?t ju Slngeft^t 



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fennen ju ternen, beffen #elbenru$m bte SBelt erfuflt, ben afle 
23ebrangte, affe 2Btttn>en unb SBatfeit anfceten, unb ben bte 
fromme Stofalmbe, als tyren glorretdjen 33efcp§er, md;t genug 
Men imb pretfen fonnte! 2t$, m$ bag fur erne gott* 
feitge grew tjl! @te itfotJjaufte un$ SDKnbejie ntft unser* 
btenten (£i>ren* Unb m$ tyx jarteS &o$tertem @mma fiir 
em IjoIbfeltgeS grMem tji! 2)er Heme (£ngel jerflof ganj 
in Stfjranen, aU xoix son unfrer anbac^ttgen $tlgerfal)rt er* 
jaftftem ©o$— ttrir fjafan (£ucf) unb ben £0$* unb Itefc* 
ttertfjeften Surtgen notfj ©tunben lang son ipotjenfotrg ju er* 
gaftfen* §iir je^t enttebtgen pit vm$ nur no$ be3 Sluftrage^ 
(Sufy 3U metben, bafi gutter unb Softer unb fcefonberS ba$ 
arttge, afterltetjle £auWem ft$ bermaten no$ aQe btei tin 
$ocf$en 2Bo$Ifem fceftnben. 

9?ttter XfytobaVo ioar burcfj bt'efe iifcertrtefcenen ©$met$e* 
teten, bte t^m in ber ©eele juttuber ttaren, nodj meljr auf* 
gefca^t* ^nbef tjtett er ft$ no$ jurucf unb fragte fetyr 
ernft, after ganj ruttg: „28er fetb i^r ? /y „§lrme ^tfgerSteute!" 
anttoorteien fte; „xoix fcmnnen au§ bem gelofcten Sanbe unb 
jte^en unferer $etmatfj jit, na$ £{?armgen, too ttnr gefcoren 
ftnb/' „2Bte $et$t if^r?" fragte ber 9Jttter setter* „3$ $etfjie 
Hermann/' fagte Snpo, „unb mem junger Setter ba $ei£t 
SJurfyarb/' „2Ba$ iootlt t$r auf bt'efem ©c^lojfe?" fu£r ber 
Sflttter fort. „yii$i8 att erne 9?a$itjerterge!" fagten fte, 
ft$ sernetgenb ; „ morgen mtt bem ipatjnentuf jtetjen ttnr wetter* 
O ttne toerben fi$ bte Unfrtgen freuen, un$ ttueber ju fe^en!" 

f/ 36r lugt ! " rtef jefct ber cRttter mtt fconnernber ©tt'mme, 



65 

unb rtf fern ©djtoert aas ber S(|etbe* „3#t $etpi m'djt 

Hermann unb 23urffiarb ; fonbern bu, alter @c$urfe, {jetfit Supo, 
unb bu, junger 23ofennd)t, Drfo* 3#r fomntt nt$i au3 bem 
geloKen Sanbe, unb fetb feme fHIger, fonbern Staufcer, 3Dtau$eI* 
morber unb Sttorbfcrenner* St§urmgen {ft m'djt cure £emtat$; 
t£r fetb feme £>eutfc|en, 9h'c$i erne 9?a$tfjer£evge ju futfjen, 
fonbern ju morben unb ju rauBen, ju fengen unb ju trennen, 
fetb tfjr f)tef>er gefomtnen* ®er 8o$n, ben eure £f>aten *>er* 
btenen, foil eudj n>erben* £>ur$ Sc^toert unb geuer fofft tyr 
$mgertc$tet merbett.— 2Bas ? 3^r fofltet Stiiterfletbmtg, Srcuj 
unb Settc son tntr tragen ? 2tuf r t'^r ftnedjte, retft t^tten t§re 
fcetiugertftfje Sletbung ab, bamtt fte in t^rer ttafjren £rad)t 
bajle^en* Sntwaffnet fte, legt fte tn RztUn, unb merft fte gu 
unterft in ben 2#urm." 

S)te $nedjte ^acftett fte unb rtffen tfjnen bte ^tlgerffetbung 
cib. ©a ftanben fte nun ge^arm'f^t* „ © ber aftfdjeultc^en 
£ett<$elet," fpra$ ber SRitter, „unter bem ©rfjeme ber ftrfittmug* 
left fromme ©emitter fo ju fctriigen! Sh'efer ^resef afleut 
serbtente f$on ben £ob/' ©te tturben 23etbe freujroetS gefeffelt 
unb tn ben £6urm gettorfem 

2Bte fte 23etbe unten tm £fjurme tagen, ba fagte ber Sungere : 
„ Wlify tounberi nur, tone ber fitter 2t#e3 fo tjaarffet'n ttuffen 
fanti. Sr n>etff l'a fogar ba3, tt>a3 ttnr erft unterioegS trot- 
etnanber aeraivebeten, fcaf ttnr feme iUetbung tragen, unb un$ 
fttnfh'g fur dtitUx ausgefcn nwBtetu Sottte ber $na£e, ber 
un$ beglettete, unfre ®pra$e benno$ serffanben, unb uno set* 
ratten $a£en?" 



66 

„ £a mitfite er often ftet ben genftern be$ @<$Ioffe$ Cerent 
gefTogen fern/' fagtc ber Sllte. „3$ gaft genau 3W?t, unb 
Itef bte ©<$Ioftoforte ntc$t au$ bem Sluge. gem 2#enfclj fam 
icfter bte 3w3^urfc, fett ttnr $erem gefommen. 2)a3 gelji em* 
mat m<$t mtt recfjien ©t'ngen $er ! £)er SKtter $at einen 23unb 
nttt ber £ol!e/' 

£>er alte 93ofettu<$t gertety fo tn 25utfj, bafj er bte fc^redf* 
Kc^ften gliic^e liter ben 9?ttter auSfh'ej^ ,/©tefer graufame 
S^eoftalb/' fagtc er unter Slnberm mtt fdjdumeubem Sftunbe, 
f/ 5ftt afletn bte ©cfutb an unferm ganjen ttttglude," 25er 
oerftocfte Supo tooCte e£ tttc^t etnfefen, er felftft fate ftc§ bur$ 
feme UeMt!) aten wiglfidlt^ gemacfjt 

Drfo, ber jungere Stdufter, ftng after an ju toemen unb ju 
j'ammern, unb bem Silten 83ortourfe ju macfjem „D baf t$ 
betnen fallen 23orfptegetungen nt$t geglauftt tjdtte!" fagte er, 
f/ T)n oerfpra<$jl rm'r em lufttgeS Seften m Sf re unb Uefterftuf?, 
unb j'e§t toartet metner nitytd, aU ber f$ma£K$jie Sob, £)u 
tt>oHtcfl e£ mix t'mmer ausreben, baf unfere Stfraten fcofe feten, 
baf ©ott ba3 33ofe in jener unb oft autf) fc§on m btefer SBelt 
jwrdjterlftjj ftrafe* Sfftet'n bte ©ttmme be$ ©etot'ffenS m met'nem 
Snnerften fpra^ t'mmer ganj auberS, unb fimbeie mtr bte 
fteoorftefenbe (Strafe att« S baf t'$ btefer ©ttmme geglauftt 
battel 2Ba$ felfen mtr j'e£t afte fterettS gerauftten (Ecp£e? 
£dtte i$ mify *>on ber fdrtejlen Strftett, fcon £oI$fpalten, £afi* 
tragen ober Jtarrenfcfn'eften, rebltdj unb ef>rltd? gendfjrt, unb baftet 
em guteS ©etot'ffen ftetoaftrt, tote glucHt'c!) ioafe ity t'm 2?erglet(^ 
mtt metnem je$tgen3#anb! Sifter nun ftat bte £anb tc^ $o$jien 



67 

5Rt<$ter$, ber bie gefjeimflen 2)h'ffet|ate» ftef?t unb firaft, mi$ 

ergrtffett, unb in bieft fc^auerttdje ©efdngm'f? ^erunter gejifajfe 
3n bt'efer 23elt t'jl'S nut mtr fcorbei* © bag mt$ ©ott bo$ in 
fetter SBelt m>dj ©nabe ftnben laffe! 2)af t$ bo$ toenigftens 
anbern jungen Seuten jam ttarnenben SBetfptele bienen tm>ge — 
bamit fte m$t and; son ber SJegterbe nafy 9ieicf)tf?um unb 
2Bo£)fteben pdj ju Siinbe unb Safier t>erfii6ren taffett, unb ft$ 
nidjt coxi) in einen fol^en Sl&grunb son Stenb fturjcn, tt>te icf? I* 
Die $riegsfne$te im @$toffe fatten inbef auf IBefe^I be$ 
SftttterS no$ em anbereS ©efc£)dft ju beforgen* ©ie fteCten, 
fobatb e$ bunlel gemorben, unb bte Sterne am nafytiifym $ tunnel 
gldnjten, brei brennenbe Serjen unter ba$ genfier ber ©tube, bte 
getoo^nlidj ben $3tlgern unb anbern e^rbaten SSanberern $um 
Uebernac^ten angeuuefen ttmrbe* £terauf begab ber Stfjorttarter, 
auf beffen $lug!jeit ber fitter rec^nen fonnte, ftdj mit ftebcn 
$rteg$fttec$ten in ben ©rfjloj^of, unb lauerte an bem ffeiuen 
^fottc^en ber Sftauer auf ok 3?duber* Sr martete lange serge* 
htn$. S)te 9D?itternadjt£ftunbe u?ar soritber, ©er Sftonb ging 
auf unb er^eflte bereit$ bk 3tnne be$ alten @$!ofjl t£urm& 2)te 
tne^te ttaren bariiber soft SBe-rbruf ♦ „-3e$t tjl aft unfere 2D?ii§e 
umfonjy fagten fte ; „bie ©c^urfen twrben, fobalb fte anftatt 
ber serlappten $tlger einen son un$ erblicfen, eilig ixn £)unfel 
ber dlafyt entfliefjen/' 

"3)h'r faftt ein SWtttel ein/' faradj ber St^orttdrter, „fte ft^er 
fjerein ju locfen/' Sr ging etltg, lam aber fogletdjj tmeber 
juriici Sr $atte eine$ ber plgerttetber attgejogett unb einen 
SD?ufdjel£ut anfgefefi „©o/' fprad^ er, „tt>erben fte tmd& ntc^t 



68 

erlennen ; t$r after jfcflt euc$ bort Winter ben ^fetter ber 9??auer, 
bamft fte eucf) m'<$t fogteicij feljen/' ©ie toarteten auf$ neue 
mtt Ungebulb* 

(£nbti$ ftopfte SiwaS letfe aufen an bem S^urtetm £>er 
^orn^arter mafyti letfe auf, Sm 9?art6er ftenb unter bem 
^fortdjen, fatj tfm in ber 23erfleibung fur feinen ©ptefjgefeBen 
an, unb fpra$ mtt §eimlt$er ©timme: „ffommett tt>tr re$t?" 
„©erabere$t!" fagte ber Sttjortoarier eien fo t?eimlic§; „fetb 
nur ftttt, unb fommt cfik therein/' 

Slfle ftefcen f$ti$en, Sitter na$ bem Slttbem, auf ben 3$*** 
herein, ©ie trugett ©cfj&efet uub ^ec^franje fcei ftdj, unb jeber 
£a#e ein ©<$roert umgegitrtet* 211$ ber lefcte herein war, f<$Iofj 
ber £fjortt>arter ba$ £fjMeitt, jledte ben ©<$IitffeI ju ft$ unb 
fc^rte laut : „3e£t gilt*« !" 

?JW{jK$ fprangen bie $ne$te ^et&ei, ftelen titer bie 9?aukr 
$er, unb jfeber pafttt feinen 9ttann« 3^ namticjjen StugenMicfe 
ojfnete ft$ bie ©^lofipforte unb ber fitter fam, in cotter 
Sftujlung, unb fcon meljreren Sne^ten mtt trennenben gacfeln unb 
Mt^enben ©djtoertew fcegteitet, in ben ©cfctofftof* Sie bam* 
mernbe SWonbnacfjt glt$ auf einmal bem £eflen £age> ©ie 
9taufcer »aren fcor ©$re(fen faft bee StobeS* ©ie fatten m'djt 
einmal 3e# gefmtben, ba3 ©$tt)ert ju gie^en. 9J?it leister 9)?ui?e 
ttmtben fte ft&ewalttgt, tn $etten gelegt, unb in bao ©efangntfj 
gett>orfen, urn ben 8o$n t^rer Sfttffet^aten ju empfangem 

,,©$," fagte ber Slitter, „getji e$ t'ebem, ber 33ofe$ t$ut, unb 
tter tmmer feinem Sfca^jien eine ©rtf&e grafci, ber prjt am Snbe 
felfcji tjinetV 



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VI. 

20* 3^ #o$en$urg toarteten gfrau Wofalmbe unb graufetn 
<£mma no$ immer fe£nti$ unb ni$t otjne fcange SJeforgm'jjj auf 
emeu 23oten »o» ftaltitibnxfr Smma Kef in enter ©tunbe tt>o£I 
je^mttal bte fteinernen ©taffeta bet 2Benbetfliege Jjinauf ju bent 
2#ttrm»a$ter, um fel&jl ju fefjen, oft ber 33ote benn nod) nidjt 
fomnte, unb fa$ ft$ faft bte 2tugen au$. 2tt3 3D?ittag soriikr 
tt>ar, unb ftcfc noc^ few 3Jeitenber fclicfen Iteff , entpfanben SOTutter 
unb Softer aufs neue erne grofe ^erjenSangji, unb jebe ©tunbe 
fant t£nen fo lange sor, bajj fte ba$ (Snbe berfetfcen faum ju 
erlekn glaufcten* Snbltc^ gegen Sftenb, ba (Smma ttn'eber 
broken junt fc^maten gfenjlertem be$ Zfyuxmtt $umu3f<$aute, 
fam auf bent Heinen ©trdfjc^en, bag junt ©c^Ioffe fiifjrte, em 
SBagen son mermen dttikxn fcegleitet a\x$ bem SBatbe $ersor, 
@mma f(og bte SBenbettreppe $erafc, unb xtef if?rer gutter soil 
SntsucfenS ju: „©ie fommen felifl! ©ie ftnb'S gewnfj !" gutter 
unb Softer eilten fcglei# ben ©$Io{fterg ^inafc, unb gingen 
tijnen etne ©trecfe SBegeS entgegen* 

Slitter S^eofcalb, feme ©emaftfinn unb Softer, fatten ft<$ 
f$on lange wt 2Inf>ru$ be$ Stages auf bte 9?eife genta^t, bte 
greubennadjric^t fcon iijrer gtucjlic^en Srvettung fef&jl ju titer* 
fcringen, unb munbli§ ju banfen. dtitkx St^eo&alo fprang, fofcafb 
er SJofalinbe unb Smma erWttfte, wm ^ferbe, unb §rau Ottilia 



70 

unb 2Igne3 jltegen and bem 2Sagen, griif ten fte auf bag ghreunb* 
Kc$jle, unb bcmften ttjnen fur bte fo ftnnret$ mttget^etlte 9?a$ri$t 
mtt enter £erjlt$fett, bte m$t au$$ufprecf>en tft. 8lfle toaren 
$0$ erfreut, unb gt'ngeu unter n>ec^fettx>etfen Srfunbtgungen unb 
Srjafjlungen ben ©cfjtoperg mtt etnanber $u ftuj? fnnauf* 

2)er Slfcenb tfireS gtutfltc^en SBteberfefjenS na$ etner fo grofen 
©efatjr tturbe mtt etner ^reubenmaftfjett gefetert 2lHe toaren 
£o$fi: fcergnugt, unb fpta$en fcejlanbtg Don btefer ©efc^t^te. 
Slucfj ?eonarbo, ber fcet £tf$e auftoattete, mufte jebeS 28ort 
erja^Ien, ba$ bte Scatter mtt etnanber gefproc^en fatten* 
(£r tfjat e$ fe^r gem, 33efonber3 au£fu£rlt$ erjdttfte er, tote 
ber jungere 9?dufcer bort an jenem Stfcgrunbe fur tfm gefceten 
£aJe, tfm tttc^t th'nafc ju toerfen, „£)e£!?atV y fagte Seonarbo, 
„mo$te {<# fur ben unglucfltdjen 2??enf$en jefct au$ furfutten* 
£>a er bo$ mtTbere ©eftnnungen jet'gte, fo burfte er bod) auc$ 
mtt etner mtTberen ©trafe baoon fommen/' Sttfe gafan pterin 
bem guten $nat>en dttfyt 

2tm Snbe ber 2)?af>I$ett ergrtff 9?ttter ^fjeofalb ben fttfcemen 
58e^er unb rtef : „<£$ tefce grduletn Smma! 3§xtm gliicfttdjen 
(Stnfafl, ba$ £duWetn jum 23rtef6oten ju ma$en, Ijafcen toix $al* 
fenfcurger e$ ju banfen, bafj toix m&ft unter bem ©$uiie ber afcge- 
fcrannten 33urg fcegrafcen Itegen/' 

„D item/' fagte bte fcefc^etbene (£mma erroiljenb, „bte ^reunb* 
Iu$fett, mtt ber Signed ft<$ be$ armen £duWetn$ erfcarmte, unb bte 
@ute, mtt ber fte e$ bann mtr f^enfte, toaren bte erftet Urfa^en 
btefer gliidlt^en 33egefcentjeti 3^r gefctifjrt bte Sfjre/' 

„@oiiIoV fp*6$ Jftofaltnbe, ;/ baf totr SItern mtt eu$ fotben 



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ftmbern jufrieben fern burfem Sttbeg toerbet nur nic$t ftolj 
barauf, ifjr 3Wabc$eti! £)enn feft # ber arme SOSatfenlnaic 
Seonarbo |ier, ber soft banf&arer SteBe $u unfern SBo^lttJatern 
ft$ auf er Sltljem unb faft ju £obe gelaufen, £at o$ne SBergIctc§ 
me^r get^an, al$ t$r/' 

^at^aftig," fprarf? Sitter £$eo*aIb, „3$r ^aSt 9fe*i t" 
Sr ffiCic feinen filbernen 23ed)er mit SSein, trail! erft cm menig, 
refute itjn bauit bem i?na£en, unb fagte: „Sa, trinf einmal auf 
unfer 2Bof)l! 2)u muft mir einfl ein Sbefif nappe tt>erbcn ; benn bein 
treue$ £er$ abdt bid), unb gifct bir ben giiltigften SSfofprudj barauf/' 

Ottilia fpradj : „%vl§ bem guten, menfd)enfreunbli$en Slbal* 
rtdj, 3?ofalmben$ f dig em Sfjefjerrn, gefcitfjrt nocf) erne banffcare 
Zfyxaml 2)enn fjcttte er ben armen Snafceu nicf)t soft (5r£armen3 
mit jt<$ auf fern ©djToj? genommen — ttu'e jianbe e3 {i%t mit umT?" 

„<& tp rcafjr," fagte Jtofatinbe, ®mma« gutter, „bie SBo^I* 
fyat, bie mem feliger Slbalrid) bem armen JSaifenfna&en erroieS, 
rcarb un$ burdj Sure 9?ettung, bie un$ fo $erjti<$ freut, aU mare 
fie un$ fclbfl ttneberfafjren, Ijunbertfaftig aergolten* Mem fjat 
Slitter £fjeo£atb meniger ebet an mix unb meiner Smma ijier, bie 
aucij eine satertofe SBaife i% ge^atibeft ? ©erne £ulb, mit ber er 
un$ aufnaljm, unb un$ gegen unfere gembe fcp§te, fonnte nidjt 
unklofmt UtiUn. 3$n, ber un$ gerettct, rettete @ott nneber* 
S&en fo tyti Sr, ber treue SSergelter atte^ ©uten, ber giitigen 
Ottilia unb ber freunbtidjen Signed iljre 2ie6e gegen un3 aergolten. 
SfjmfeiMunbSanf!" 

/,3a/' kf<$Iofi ber Witter, r /9ott geBii^rt— tt>ie aSemal, fo 
au$ fjier — ber erfte 2)anf ! @r fjat gnabt'g auf un$ £era& gefe* 



72 

$en, unb tjat burcfj em fcfyutbtofeg ZanUtin grofje unb madjttge 
2)tnge an utt^ getljam 3£m fet unenbticfyer 2)anf ! Snbef tooflen 
ttu'r au$ gegen eble 3J?enfc^en nicjjt unbanffcar fern ! 2Bas mein 
©c^tt>ert ni($t fcermo$t £dtte— -meine fefie Surg gegen Sift unb 
£rug, fcor bem Untergange ju fc^ii^en — ba^ fiiljrte grautein 
Smma mit £iitfe eineg StduWeing a\x$. 2luc^ grauen, ja Sinber, 
fcermogen sofel ©uteg ju fh'ften, toenn fie eineg guten SSBt'ttettS jtnb, 
unb son ganjem £erjen auf ben £errn *>ertrauen, mie 3?ofalinbe 
unb Smma* Unb bet grdutein Smma emji 33ejt£erinn biefeg 
©tfjloffeg toirb, unb in ifjrem finblic^en Sitter, ot?ne ©djmert, bem 
dttifyt eine ©rdnjfefle erfjalten fyat, fo merbe idj barauf antragen, 
baf t£r ber $aifer geflatte, tint xotifo Zaubt mit einem grimen 
Oeljtoeige in ifjrem SBappen ju fii^ren/' 

Ottilia fagte ju fitter 2:£eofcalb, i§rem ©ematjt : /7 2)a3 ^aft 
bu fe^r gut auggeba^t, unb mu^t eg ju ©tanbe fcringen. 3n* 
beffen mocijte auc^ idj ber Ikhm Smma eine fteine greube 
ma$en/' ©ie tx>infte i^rer Softer. Signed ging $inaug— unb 
ii&er dm fleme 23eile flog bag £dub$en herein. Signed Ijatte eg 
in einem $orfclein mitget>ra$t, aUtin ifjrer fleinen greintbtiui tig- 
T^er ni$tg baoon gefagt Qa$ Sdufc^en flog fogleidj auf Smma 
ju, unb fefcte ftdj auf ifjre auggejlretf te £anb* 3* Smmag freubi* 
gem Srjlaunen fyattz eg einen golbenen Oetjmeig mit golbenen 
2Matt#en im ©$natel. Ottilia after fagte : „2)er golbene Del* 
jfteig, ba^ fcpne ©innBilb ber Sftettung an$ ©efa^ren, fei £uc£, 
lie-be ©mma, ein fleineg Szifyzn unferer ©anffcarfett 2tteine 
felige gutter $at t£rt mix, ba eg efcen ihieg unb eine £arte, fce- 
brdngte 3ett war, jum 33rautgef$enfe gegefcen, unb i$ trug i£n 



73 

hityet aU erne Saatnabel, njoju er aud) iejltmmt CfL ©fe 
fromme gutter fagte trttr, aU fie tm'r ben Oetjmetg ga6, emeu 
#Jetm, ber aucfj bur$ btefe @ef$t$ie fe^r fc$ort erfiiCt rcarb unb 
f p lautet : 

£a#t felfcnfejt un3 auf ben perm sertrauen, 
2luf 3^n gletcfc 3enen in ber 2(rd)e bauen, 
(Bo fert^et $u ber 3rft ter )Rotf) 
Un3 ftc^ere £iilf ber Itebe ©ott:" 



VOCABULARY. 



I. 



©te Zaubt, dove 
ba$ £auB$en, little dove 
bie (grilling, tale 
bie Gutter, mother 
bie Softer, daughter 
i6r, tpre, if)r, her, their 
fein, feme, fettt, his, its 
auf, on, upon, at 

alt, old 

ba£ ©cfclof, castle 

bag 23er(rfd)fo$ , castle upon a hill 

auf bem ©$Ioffe, in the castle 

leben, to live 

er lebte, he lived 

&or me$rern3a$r$unberten, several 

centuries ago 
tapfer, valiant, brave 
ber Slitter, knight 
mit, with 
fromm, pious 
bte ©ema^lmn, wife 
eben fo— , al3— , just as—, as— 
ebeltttiit^tg, noble-minded, generous 
after, atfe, atteg, plur. afte, all 
bte 33ebratt<jten, the oppressed 

Wett um^er, far around, far and wide 
im (contr. of in bem), in the 
ba$ Sanb, country 



ne^men, to take 

i&) ne^me, I take 

er nat)m, he took 

i$ $abt . ♦ genommen, I have taken 

td) rcerbe . . nefjmen, I shall take 

mad)ttg, mighty, powerful 

bet ©$u£, protection 

fcerlangcn, to desire, to claim 

er ttertanftte, he claimed 

bafiir, for it 

md)t einmal, not even 

ber ©anf, thank 

ba3 ^er^mt^en, pleasure 

ber S^enfct), human being ; plur. bie 
3Renf$en, people 

beglitcfen, to make happy 

tl)m, to him, for him 

f$0tt, already 

ber $?0l)n, recompense, reward 

cjenug, enough 

grau Ottilia, Lady Ottilia 

atlgfpenben, to distribute, to be- 
stow 

id) fpenbe ♦ . au<5, 1 distribute 

fte fpenbete . . <m$, she distributed 

id) i)CLbt ♦ • auggefpenbet, I have 

distributed 
rei$Ii$, liberal, plentiful 



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Me ®ctbe, gift 

linter, among 

oie ^otfjletbenben, the needy, the 
distressed 

befu$en, to visit 

fte befud&te, she visited 

Iran!, ill, sick 

ber Srcmfe, the sick person 

tin Prattler, a sick person 

bte $rcmf en, the sick 

bie futtte, hat, cottage 

Itmfyhaxt, neighbouring 

t>d$ $%0X, valley 

bie Scaler, valleys 

ft$er, safe 

ber 3uffu$tgort/ asylum 

ber 2lrme, poor person 

bte $rmen, the poor 

ber, bte, bag, article, the 

ber, bte, bctS, relative pron., who 

ber, bte, bd3, demonstr. pron., he, 

she, it 
bte ttur tmmer, whoever 
bte £)it{fe, assistance 
mxtf) fetn, to deserve . 
au$, also 
zin$\c\, only 
t>a$ tinb, child 
bte $inber, children 
btefer, btefe, btefeg, this 
trefflt#, excellent 
bte 2leltern, or (£Itero, parents 
bag graulein, young lady 
tton, of 
titva, about 
afyt Sa^re, eight years 
Icmter, pure 
bte ©lite, kindness 
bte greimtltc^fett, affability 
gegen, towards 



fennen, to know 

t$ fenne, I know 

to) fannte, I knew 

fte f cmnte, she knew 

fte fannten, they knew 

to) Ijabe— gefannr, l have known 

fonnen, to be ahle to 

t$ fann, I can 

itf) fotmte, I could 

fte fonnten, they could 

id) l)abe — gefonnt, I have been 
able 

fetn, feme, fetn, no 

grof , great 

prefer, greater 

ber, bte, or ba$ c^rof efte or grofte 
greatest 

bie grettbe, joy, pleasure 

{jrof er, al#— , greater than 

2(nberen, to others 

madjen, to make 

fterben, to become, to be 

fte ttmrben, they became, they 
were 

all^emetn, universally 

t>ere^rcn, to venerate 

lieben, to love 

fte ttntrben — oeltebt, they were 
beloved 

tter nur, whoever 

$0$, high 

ber $o|>e £l)urm, the high tower 

fcon gerne, from afar 

erbltcfen, to perceive 

fepen, to bless 

bag £er3, heart 

ebel, noble 

er tft etn ebler Tlarin, he is a noble- 
minded man 

bte, who 



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£ter, here 

bott, there 

tt>o£nen, to dwell, to reside, to live 

fte rooljmten, they lived 

@ute3 ffmn, to do good 

i$ t$ue, I do 

i$ tyat, I did 

fte tyat, she did 

fte t^aten, they did 

itf) fyabz— getljan, I have done 

ttU'tftftty, really, indeed 

tu$en itber, to repose on 

bet ®egen, blessing 

@0tt, God, @otte$, of God 

red)t, right, very 

jtdjtbar, manifest, manifestly 

fiber, over, on 

fo met, or fo Kel au$, so much, 

however much, much as 
^ertjeben, to give ; to give away 



fte sab . . $er, she gave 
fte gaben . . fjer, they gave 
au3tl;et(en, to give, to distribute, 

to spend 
fte tactile • . ClU$, she spent 
fte il;eilten . . au3, they spent 
fo — bccf) / yet 
fte fatten, they had 
fe, ever 
me, never 
ber SBancjel, want 
Wlanc\d baben, to suffer want 
^e^oren unter, to belong to; to 

form part of 
TOO^CtbertD, wealthy 
tDO&I&abenber, more wealthy 
rtfofj^abenbft, most wealthy 
abelto, noble 
bie gamtlte, family. 



II. 



©nmal, once 

an, on 

fc^ott, adj., beautiful 

f$on, adv., beautifully 

fetter, serene, clear 

bet ©ommettag, summer's day 

getyen, to go 

«& aefo l go 

i$ cjtng, I went 

fte otn$en, tne y went 

t$ bm-geganaen, I am gone 

ber £ifd), table 

nad) Stifc^e, after dinner, after 

supper 
&0t £tf$e, before dinner, before 

supper 
ber ©atten, garden 
ft# befmben, to find one's self, to be 



t$ befmbe mt$, I find myself ; I 
am 

itf) befanb mtd), I found myself; 
I was 

et befanb ft$, he found himself, 
he was 

fte befanb en ft$, they found them- 
selves, they were 

untcn, below 

am (contr. of an bem), on the 

bet 2lb$attg, slope 

bet 33et$, mountain 

flcm, little, small 

bie spfotte, door 

ba$ $fcrt$en, little door 

bte 9#auct, wall 

bet ©cfclof^of; castle-yard 

fctele, many 



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fiemern, of stone 

bte ©taffel, step 

tyinab fii^ren, to lead down 

ba$u, to it 

ftefta^ren, to grant, to afford 

iiberaug, exceedingly 

lieblid), lovely 

ber Stnbltcf, sight, view 

bemerfen, to observe 

tt)te, how, that 
bfautid), bluely 
grim, green 
ber $0|jl, cabbage 
fhfcen, to stand 
f$ fte^e, I stand 

fie ftanb, she stood 
ffe ftanben, they stood 
bort; ba, there 
jart tender 

bie SKofenlnofpe, rose-bud 

fi$ offnen, to open, ready to blow 

bte So&ne, bean 

empor ranfen, to grow up 

bie $trfd)e, cherry 
bereitg, already 
UUtOtl), light-red 
bimfelrotty, dark-red 
$ttuf$m, between 
bunfetgrittt, dark-green 

ba$ ^latt, leaf, piur. bfc flatter 
Oersor, forth 
{jlan.jen, to shine 
bie SSeile, while 
fte ftanben fttff, they stood still 
bet, near 

ber (Sprtngbrimnen, fountain 
bie -DKtte, middle 
ft$ ergo^en an, to look with de- 
light on 
bag ©ptel, play 



bag SSafTer, water 

ber @lan$, brightness 

bie ©omte, sun 

$ett n>te $riflatt, bright, clear like 
crystal 

empor fpringen, to spout up 

taitfenb, thousand 
fiWfelnb, sparkling 

ber £ropfen, drop 

bie garbe, colour 

ber ^egenbOQen, rainbow 

ttueber, again 

#erab, down 

ftet (inf. fatten), feU 

^terauf, hereupon 
jt$ fe|en, to sit down 
fte fe$te ft$, she seated herself 
fte fejjtett ft$, they seated them- 
selves 
fe£en ©ieft$/sit down 

f#attt$, shadowy 

bie Saube, arbour 

bie S^eblaube, vine-arbour 

^tcrltd), elegant 

bag ©ittermerf, lattice-work 

arbeiten, to work 

arbeiten an, to be engaged on 

fceretnt, united 

ber gletf, industry 

ba# $letb, dress 

fitr, for 

arm poor 

bie SSatfe, orphan 

2lfteg, all, every thing 

ru^tg, still, quiet 

HUT, only 

bie ©ragmitcf e, linnet 
fang (inf. fingen), sang 
ber 3roetC}, branch 
tfatj, neighbouring 



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ber ©aunt, tree 

Don £>tit $U 3tit from time to time 

unQetttem, uncommonly 

ttebltd}, adv., sweetly 

tonen, to sound 



&on bcm ©prtngbruuncn £er, from 

the fountain 
unau^gefe^t, uninterrupted 
angene^m, agreeable 
ba3 $[alfd)ern, murmuring. 



III. 



©a, then 

flog (inf. fftegen), flew 

geflogen, flown 

($ttt>a$, something 

pl6£ltc$, suddenly, rapidly 

baf , that 

gar nt$t, not at all 

fe$en, to see 

i$ fe$e, I see 

bu fte^ft, thou seest 

er ftef)t, he sees 

id) fa£, I saw 

tc& tyabe i$n <$cfe£en, I have seen him 

roaS e3 fei, what it be, what it was 

in ♦♦•herein, into 

l>tm, both 

aufbltcfen, to look up 

fte blieften auf, they looked up 

erfc^rocfen, frightened 

aucjenbltcf^, immediately 

fommen, to come 

fte fommt, she comes 

ftc fommen, they come 

fie fam, she came 

fte famen, they came 

fte tfh^gefommen, she has come 

fUtrmcnb, storming, furious 

bte (?ile, haste 

ber SRcmb&Ogel, bird of prey 

nac^flie^en, to fly after 

fc^fteben, to wave, to soar 



rta$gefTogen fommen, to come flying 

after (in pursuit) 
tt)ett, wide, widely 
au&gebrettet, extended 
ber gfttgel, wing 
am Smgange, at the entrance 
ba, as, when 
aber, but, however 
£eute, people 

er madjte ft# bafcon, he made (flew) 

away 

eben fo f$nelt as quickly 

ft^en, to sit 

t$ ftfce, I sit 

id) fafj, I sat 

fte fa§, she sat 

fte faf en, they sat 

fdjud)tern, timorous, alarmed, agi- 
tated 

ftcf) getrauen, to venture 

ntcr)t, not 

ftcfy um$ufe£en, to look around 

rOO^I, perhaps, likely ; probably 

fetn, to be 

tttoge, may, might 

ba$, that, which 

gef^rotnb, swift ; swiftly 

alletn, but 

fag en, to say 

Idc^elnb, smiling 

ftd? fitr^tcn, to fear 



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fiircfcte bt$ ntcfet, be not alarmed Itebeg $tnb, dear child 
fftrdjten ©ie ft'cf) m$t,be not alarmed bem, betne, bem, thy 



eg, it 

tttcbtg atg, nothing but 

tnjenb etn, some 

bag SSogelcm, little bird 

ftdj ffiid&ten ttor, to fly from the 

pursuit of 
ber ©tog&ogel, kite, bird of prey 
btel)er, hither 

na$fc£en, to look after, to look 
fte fa$ na$, she looked 
rtcf (inf. rufen}, cried 
ft'eb (inf. fe^en), look 
Ct fte^ bO$, ah look ! 
[djlieettJetfr snow-white 
fid? oerftecfen, to hide one's self 
in femer STngft, in its terror 
cjcra^e Winter bit, just behind you 
cmMttfen, to look at, to regard 
fte bltittt fte an, she looked at her 
forfd)ettb, with a scrutinising glance 
auf ben 2Cbenb, this evening, for 

supper 
ttntl (inf. »oHcn> will 
bit, for thee 
braten, to roast 
erjtcttmt, with astonishment 
cjretfen nadj, to grasp, to take up 
fte $rtff, she grasped 
roarum, why 
roett, because 
att roollte fte, (or aU rtmm fte— 

rooftte) as if she would 
angerro^t threatened 
ber £ob, death 
cntret^en, to snatch from 
netn, no 

Iteber $ater, dear father 
iiebe SWutter, dear mother 



ber (£rnft, earnest 

bag S^ter, animal 

ba$ SOterc^en, little animal 

er $at feme 3uffa$t $u mtr fle* 

nommett, he has sought refuge 

near me 
rote formte t$, how could I 
tobten, to kill 
in ber 2#at, indeed 
roeif trie ©$nee, white as snow 
ber gufj, foot 
bag gitgcften, little foot 
fter) rmr, only look 
fte ftnb, they are 
bte $oralle, coral 
nod), yet, still 

bag £erj fe&lagt t&m, its heart beats 
mid), me 

UttfdjUlbKf, innocent 
bag 2Ut$C, eye 
bag 2ieugeletn, little eye 
ffefjentttd), supplicating pity 

i§ tfvct £Mr m$tg $u Sctb, I do 

thee no harm 
bU fottft thou shalt 
btd), thee, thyself 
iimfonfi in vain 
ftd) flitd)ten, to seek refuge 
eg gut \)Qfczn, to be well 
bet mtr, with me 
bit $ajt bt# $u mtr geflttd&tet, thou 

hast sought my protection 

bu fofljt eg out bet mtr f)aben, I 

will make thee happy with me 
re$t, Itebeg $tnb, very well, dear 

child 
freunbltd?, friendly 
mein, metne, mem, my 



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ber ©ttttt mind 

gctroffcn (inf. ireffenO, guessed 
bit £aft meincn <sinn getroffen, 
thou hast guessed my thoughts 
rmr, only 
jmtfett, to try 
brtngcn, to bring, to carry 
auf beta 3immer, to thy room 
^erforoe (inf. fcerforgen), provide 
i>a$ gutter, food 
fcie UnalMltc^en, the unfortunate 



bitrfen, to be allowed 
t$ barf, I may 
t$barfm$t, I must not 
\tf) bttrfte, I was at liberty 
rtnr bitrfen mcfct, we must not 
tterftof en, to repulse, to repudiate 
ify mug, I must 
rtnr muffett, we must 
tttttletbicj, compassionate 
barm^cr^, merciful. 



IV. 



S-affcn, to let 

itf) foffe, I let 

id) Iicf,Ilet, (imperf.) 

ma$en laffen, to order to be made 

QXtiQ, pretty, nice 

bas £auben$au3, dove-cote 

jte (teg em £aubenl)au3 madjen, 

she ordered a dove-cote to be 

made 
bctS £>a$, roof 
ber ©ittcrftab, lattice-staff 
ftellen, to place 
btC Gfcfe, corner 
anmetfen, to assign 
t# metfe an, I assign 
jte ttueS art, she assigned 
fie Unefert an, they assigned 
$UT SSo^nun^, as a dwelling 
cjeben, to give 
jte §ab, she gave 
tdgltcf?, daily 

nth ft, together with, and * 
frif$, fresh 

aerfa?, (inf. ^erfe^en), supplied 
rein, clean 



ber (Sanb, sand 

ftd) gettc^nen an, to accustom one's 

self to 
fcalD, soon 
e3 fturbe, it became 
$Utrau!ta), familiar 
£etmtf$, at home 

. fobalb, or fobalD aU, as soon as 
tie Satire, door 
mebltcfc, elegant 
ber SiafiQ, cage 
tyxa\x§, out 
ptcfte, pecked 
ba3 ^otnlem, little seed 

ttortyteit (inf. f Or^alten), presented 
tl;r aU3 ber §>anb, from her hand 
brau$cn, to need 
ta$ §)dU3d)en, the little house 
tri$t ttte^r, no longer 

fcerfi^Uefen, to lock 

ftd) auf&aften, to stay, to dwell 

barm, in it 

eg ijielt ftdj $ern bavin au f , it liked 

to be in it 
fd)cm, already 



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fefbfr, of its own accord 

tt)enn, if, when 

anbre$en, to break 

ber Sttorgen brtd)t an, the morning 
dawns ; the day breaks 

rcenn ber Ttvx§cn aribxatf), at day- 
break 

fd)lafen, to sleep 

fte fd;ltef, she slept 

i>a$ £aub$en lam geflo^en auf, 

the little dove came (flown) on 
ba3 $opfftffen, pillow 
iuecfen, to awaken 
bte 3?ttfje, rest 
bt$, till 

aufjle|)ett, to rise, to get up 
id) fte^e auf, I get up 
fte ftanb auf, she got up 
fiittem, to feed, to give something 

to eat 
ftd) httlaqtn bet, to complain to 

(somebody) 

baritber, of it, about it 

tfiffen, to know 

id) mi$, I know 

nxtft bU? knowest thou? 

fte tt>et£, she knows 

fte ttnffen, they know 

ttuffen (£te? do you know? 

id) ttU^te, I knew 

fte n)uf$te, she knew 

fte rOU^tCU, they knew 

id) l;abe— -(jettufit, I have known 

bamtt, in order that 



id) mi$ aber Won, ma3 id) t$ue, 

but never mind, I shall know 
what to do, or how to act 

Un^eftitm, impetuous, troublesome 

fat ©$Iafe, in my sleep 

ftorCtt, to disturb 

id) merbe— serrtegeln, I shall bolt 

fiinfttg, in future 

a lie SIbenbe, every evening 

flcifnc}, carefully 

Sftor^cnS, in the morning 

2(benb3, in the evening 

fte fann ntc^t |)crau3, she cannot 

get out 
X\id)t bo$ ! no such thing ! 
lernen, to learn 
lerne, learn 
fctefmefjr, rather 
frit!), early 
aufjte^en, to rise 
ba3 2(ufiM;en, rising 
gcfunb, wholesome 
froftftd), cheerful 
ober, or 

mii(Ten, to be obliged 
id) mugte, I must 

t>u mitfj tejt, thou wouldst be obliged 
ft$ fc^amen, to be ashamed 
benn, then 
ira^e, slothful 

tracer cd$, more slothful than 
bu warefi, thou wert 
fO, thus. 



%n, near 

offen, open 

ba$ genfter, window 



na^en, to do needle-work 

eg ptdte auf, it was picking up 

gu t-?ren gufen, at her feet 



83 



eintge ©rofamen, some crumbs of 

bread 
€3 flog auf, it Sew up (away) 
gum genfter $tncm$, out of the 

window 

rtacfyft next, nearest, adjoining 

erfrf)raf (inf. erf^recfcn), was fright- 
ened 

eincn ©d)ret tyun, to scream out 

laut, ioud 

fraaen, to ask 

ttaS giebt e3? or rcaS gtebt'S? 
what is the matter 1 

jte fragte, rca3 e3 $ebe, she asked 
what had happened 

Setgcn auf, to point to 

ttmnenb, weeping 

U>0, where 

ttcr, who 

ft$ fonnen, to sit (or walk) in the 
sun (-shine) 

locfett* to allure, to call 

locfe tym etnmal, just call it 

au$enbltcf(t$, immediately 

ttrieber, again 

^etab, down 

tyr auf bte £anb, on her hand 

au^gcftrecft, out-stretched 

folgfam, obedient 

folfjfamer, more obedient 

folflfcttttjl, most obedient 

bcr folgfamfte @(tyn, the most obe- 
dient son 

bte folgfamfte £o$ter, the most 

obedient daughter 

fca$ fofgfamfte 2Rab#ert, the most 

obedient girl 
bte golgfamfett, obedience 

ent.utcft iiber, delighted with 
tmmer, always 



fei bu folgfam acgcn mid), be thou 

obedient to me 
mte, like 
barm, then 
id) tterbe— $aben, I shall have 

jc|t, now 

empftnben, to feel, to experience 

Uttyt VOtifyl ? is it not so ? will you. 
not? 

ttetfpracf) (inf. $erfpre$en), pro- 
mised 

$ielt (inf. fatten,) kept 

SSort fatten, to keep one's word 
fie n)Utbe, she became 
etne$ %ao>t$, one day 
bte ©fame, flower 
tyre ©fame, her flower 
tyte ©lumen, her flowers 
mand)ettet, various sorts of 
$>a$ ©cmitfe, vegetable 
begtef en, to water 
begoffen, watered 

ity $$hz metne ©famen begofien, 

I have watered my flowers 
jte $aben tyre SfamcnbegofFcn, they 

have watered their flowers 
©ie fmben 3f;re ©famen begoffen, 

you have watered your flowers 

Sbabm ©te 3£ r c ©lumen begotten ? 

have you watered your flowers'? 
©egtef en ©te 3D r e ©lumen, water 

your flowers 
mit&e i>0lt, tired with 
bte Arbeit, work 
bte ©an!, bench 
bte grime ©artf, the green seat 
2<tym, tame 
fret, free, at liberty 
itberatf, everywhere 
^erumfliegen, to fly about 



84 



fie lief, she allowed 

£crbei to the place 

ber Srunnen, fountain 

an bem (or am) Srmmen, at the 

fountain 
trtnf en, to drink 
ft'ef? nur, only look 
ttue $0tft$ttg, how cautiously ; with 

v>hat precaution 
tt)te forgfalttg, how carefully 
ilUC tetnltdf), how clean 
bemoof't, covered with moss 
ber ^itin, stone 
*>on cinem jttm anbern, from one 

to the other 
trttt (inf. trctcn); steps 
ftcft in 2l$t nepmen &or, to avoid 

C3 mmmt ftd) III Jtdjt, it takes care 
ne^men ©ie fi$ in 2($t, take care 
ntrnm titf) in 2($t, take care 

fie fyat ftct) ni$t in %$i genommen, 

she has not taken care 
ber ©cfrtamm, mud 
am f$n)er(len, most difficult 



teitt, clean 

beftatjren, to keep 

bed?, yet 

man ftef)t, one sees 

gerinoft/ least 

bcr glecfen (or ber gleef), speck 

an, on 

btenbenb, dazzling 

mi$, white 

iiz geber, feather 

a^tfam, careful, attentive 

unac^tfam, inattentive, careless 

bi3meilen, at times 

fong, long 

at$, when 

tk ©iefjfanne, watering-pot 
SBaffer fd)oi>fen, to draw water 
ba$ &kib, dress 
flcnucr, enough 
errottjen, to blush 
$0X1 nun an, thenceforward 
Cjlt$ (inf. cjleic^en), resembled 
ncugefaHen, newly fallen. 



VI. 



Cnnfh once, upon a time 
bte 3?etfe, journey, excursion, trip 
aitf bcr, on which 
fe(;r, very 

genof (inf. C|enteften), enjoyed 
2(benb£, in the evening 
jurucf f ommen, to come back ; to 
return 

e3 flfon tyx entgegen, it flew towards 

her; it came to meet her 
fie fattt Jtttiicf, she came back 
foglctcfj, directly 
jetgett, to show, to evince 



ftc^tbar, visible, evident 

ftcf; freucn itber, to rejoice at 

btC 3uritcffunft, return 

ben gan^en Sag, the whole day 

trauettt, to be unhappy 

irauern urn, to mcurn for 

duty, you 

bt? SKagb, maid- servant 

(ltd) en, to seek 

fid) antnbern, to wonder 

i$ mu§ mid) ttmnbern, I cannot 

but wonder 
b0$, surely 



85 



eg %at feme Scrnunfi, it is desti- 
tute of reason 

bie 2Bo^Itl;at, good action, favour, 
benefit 

ber 3o£!t$ater, benefactor 

bte SSo^atcrirm, benefactress 

erfennen, to recognise 

t£t ercjeben, attached to her 

fet, be 

rca^r,- true 

ttjcntcj, little, roentge, few 

bag ^orntettt, the little grain 

biz, which 

ftreuen, to strew ; to give 

e$ fonnte fern, it could be 

banfbar, grateful 

DCmf barer, more grateful 

bit hi% thou art 

aber, but, however 

fpra$ (inf. fpre$en,) spoke, said 

f$on, already 

bafiir, for it, for them 

banfen, to thank 

la$ bid) bo#..m<$t befd)amen, do 

not suffer, ,to make you blush 
&0tt, by 

biefmal, this time 
bertfen an, to think of 
t$ fyabt nod) nicpt barcm {tebac^t, 

I have not yet thought of it 
fte gittg, she went 
nte nte^r ; never any more 
pr 3iul;e geljen, to go to rest 
bet) or, before 
ber £ag, day 
tmttg, fervent 
inntgft, most fervent 
©an! barbrtttflen, to give thanks 

fri$ 3Sotgett$, early in the morning 

ber SlrbettStifcj^ work-table 



ftgenb, sitting 

an bem 9?anbe, on the corner 

jte fafl an bem 3?anbe beg £if#$cn$, 

she was sitting on a corner of the 

little table 
flat, clear 
f$ulclo£, guiltless, innocent 

mtfblttfett $\, to look up to 

9ftan$eg, many a thing 

f$ufttg fern, to owe 

ify bin 3|)nen bkUn Dan! f$ulbtg, 
I owe you many thanks 

bag ©$enfte, ma§— -, the most beau- 
tiful (^important) thing that — 

nocf) iibrig fein, to be left 

ba$ 35ilb, image, emblem 

bte Unf$lt(t>, innocence, purity of 
mind 

ofjne, without 

falf#, false 

Ofmc galf$, harmless 

ber Xx it q, deceit, imposture, hypo- 
crisy 

bte SSerftctfimg, disguise 

bie ^rglift, deceit, craftiness 

un (rerun ftelt, artless, unaffected 

bk 3foeret, affectation 

O^ne alle ^kxtXti f without any affec- 
tation 

anfer, unfere, unfer, our 

qbttlid), divine 

ber briefer, redeemer 

biefeg atfeg, all this 

augbriicf en, to express 

ein ein$tgeg Sort, one word 

inbem er fprac^, when he said 

bie Qfinfalt, simplicity, simple-heart- 
edness 

fetb rittfattig, be ye harmless 

voie, as 



86 



mocfyte, molten, might 

ebef, noble 

btefc eb(e)Ie StnfaU, this 

simplicity 
Ct(]ett, own 

th etgen, thy portion 
CltteS S6fe, any thing evil 
fern fcon bit, far from thee 
bleiben, to remain 



molten £rug unb Serftcftanfl feu» 
mer fern fcon btr bletben,let not 
noble dissimulation and falsehood ever 
approach your heart 
©Ott gebe, God grant 

man fonnte bteS fagen, one could 

say this ; this could be said 
fcOtt tyr, of her 
Itttt S&a^nt, with (or in) truth. 



VII. 



25 on, from 

bet 3^3/ expedition 

^CCjen, against 

ga^lretc^, numerous 

bte 3?duberbanbe, band of robbers 

er ift jurittf oefommen, he has come 

back 
ftitttfc/ whole ; entirely, quite 
in ©cbrecfen fe^en, to alarm, to 

spread consternation 
fceronuGt, pleased 
frof)ft$, cheerful, glad 
itber, at, about 

fllucflicb/ fortunate; successfully 
DOKbrtngen, to terminate 
fcotlbracfyt, terminated 
bet, by, with, near 

ber Secber 2Bem, a cup of wine 
erjctylen, to relate 
tnc^rerc, several 
cinfancjen, to take prisoner 
em^e^fancjen, taken prisoner 
bag @ert$t, court of justice 
itberliefern, to deUver up 
bte ubrigen, the rest 
^erfprenoen, to disperse 

bte Sftu^e, quiet, peace 

bte@i#er$ett/ security 



bte Sr^ciljtuttcj, report, account 

wctyren, to last 

cttoa$ lange, somewhat long 

better, therefore 

Jterltcb, elegant 

ba3 ©ptnnrab, spincing-wheel 

^erbei f)0len, to fetch, to bring 

fptnnen, to spin 

Ctttftfr busily 

$ufyoren, to listen 

fie Morten tym Jtt, they listened to 

him 
Ctufmerffam, attentively 
eg ttmrbe, it was getting 
jiemli^ fP«t, rather late 

anjiinben, to light 
<wi*ge*junbct, lighted 

ba3 $i$t, light, candle 

brcmnte (inf. brennen), burned 

berettS, already 

ber £tfcf>, table 

txat (inf. ireten), stepped 

anfe£nfi$, stately ; large, extensive 

bie grau, lady 

ft^WatJ, black 

flctocn, to dress 

bte ^Icibung, dress, clothing 

Uaf, pale 



87 



bte 2Ban$e, cheek 

fitbren, to lead 

an ber §anb, by the hand 

aufjlefjctt, to rise 

jte ftanbcn auf, they rose 

fremb, strange 

jte fannten, they knew 

begritfen, to salute 

unlet under, amidst 

bte Zfyxatlt, tear 

©Ott gritfe (£ud), God preserve 

you 
obttto^t, although 
n0$ me, never yet 
»on 2fttgeft$t, in person 
3ufTit$t ne$mcn,to seek protection 
bemtocfy, nevertheless 
3^r ttriflt, you know 
Sneflet$t, perhaps 
tt>eld)er, roet$e, ttet$e$, which, 

what 
bag %tib, affliction 
^etmcjefu^t, visited 

metn fettger Wlann, my late hus- 
band 

©Ott trofie ttjn, God comfort him 

jlerben, to die 

er tfl oeftorben an, he has died of 

bte SSunbe, wound 

bte ©cfctacfct, battle 

ttergcmgeneS 3at)r, last year 

erjnett (inf. er^alten), received 

fcertoren (inf. fcerlteren), lost 

an tym, in him 

ItebettOfl, affectionate 

ber ©Cttte, husband 

ber SBater, father 

b0$, but 

3£t fyabt tyn fa felbfl {jefannt, you 
have yourself known him 



itbrt(JiH3, as for the rest 

gU n)0^ltf;attg, too benevolent; too 

kind 
bte SDitrfttCjen, the needy 
ltn3, us, to us, from us 
ber ©$(*£, treasure 
Innterlaffen, to leave 
Inntertegen, to deposit 
bctfiir, instead of that 
ber f)tmmeT, heaven 
jc£t, now 
man, one, people 
and) nod), moreover 
baSjemge tva$, that which 
ne^men, to take, to deprive 
Jit, for 

ber ^ebenSuntertyalt, sustenance 
notfjmcnbtcj I;aben, to need, to want 
ber 9?ad)bar, neighbour 
jtt>et, two 

£a&fit$ttg, covetous 
bet>Tcina>m, to oppress 
ber (£me, the one 
allerlet, all sorts of 
ber SBorttanb, pretext 

retc^, rich, fertile 

bag ^ornfelb, cornfield 

bte SBetfe, meadow 

bi$, as far as 

unten, below 

an ftd) reifen, to possess one's self 

of 
ber 2(nbere, the other one 
er modjte {$ern, he would like 
bte SSalbung, forest 
jur anberen ©ette, at the other 

side 
ft$ jueignett, to appropriate to one's 

self 

fceranbert, changed 



88 



bie f>abfu$t, avidity, covetousness 

fo t>fel 335fe$, so much evil 

Ctltf Krbeit/ on earth 

cmrtc^ten, to cause 

au3, out of 

ber greunb, friend 

ber getnb, enemy 

mad;en £U, to change into 

fcOraitSfe^ett, to foresee 

cr fat? eg *>0rau3, he foresaw it 

rool)!, well, indeed 

perbenb, when dying 

nannte Cinf. nenncn), pronounced 

no$, yet 

Suer, your 

ber 9?ame, name 

fcertrauen auf, to trust in 

fo, then 

aua) nur, even only 

ein §>aar friimmen, to wrong 

crfutten, to fulfil, to justify 

baz SBort, word 

bet 6terbenbe, ein ©terbenber, 

dying person 

anfangen, to begin, to do , 
wa$ foil to) anfancten ? what will 
become of me I 



!ommcn urn, to loue 

roenn top fame urn, if I were to lose 

ba3 @ltt, possession 

atfe mcinc ©liter, all I possess 

fcleiben, to remain 

mtr bltebe nt$t$ iibrtg, nothing 

were left me 
nicfJt ati, nothing but 

bte (B$!o$mauer, the wall of the 

castle 
Icben 50 OH, to live on, to subsist of 
fotttet 3I;t, should you 
fccrlniten, to prevent 
ba$ 8a)tcffal, fate, lot 
afntltcf), similar 
bte SlOt^, distress 
Hue i$, like I, like me 
fte roerben fmben, they will find 
bann, then 
ber Stem, arm 

retten, to preserve 

un^efv^r, about 

S)on g(eid)em Sifter, of the same age 

ft$ ncifjew, to approach 

roemcnb, weeping 

fctD, be. 



VIII. 



Sr ftanb bo, he stood there 

fte^en, to stand 

ernft, grave 

Xu'clt (inf.^alten), held, supported 

nacf) feiner Wet, according to his 

custom 
ba$ SiixiXl, chin 
bltcf en, to look 
fd)metgcnb, silently 
}ttt Stbe, to the ground 



roetnen, to weep 

jt$ erbarmen, to pity 

erbarme Utf) i^rer, take pity on 

them 
aU, when 

eg four-be fcerfolctt, it was pursued 
fx'$ freuen, to rejoice 
TlitUib ^aben, to have compassion 
fcerbtenen, to deserve 
ja bOd), surely 



89 



bag dxbaxmm, pity 

rctten, crretten, to deliver, to save, 

to free 
tie $Iaue, claw 
fcofe, bad, wicked 
^tctc^cn, to resemble 
antWOrten, to answer 
<jetuf)rt, with emotion 
tt)0tjt, well 

ber ^etftanb, assistance 
tynen, to them 

tyetfett, to help, to render assistance 

bag Sttttfc&wefoen, silence 

bte fmtt^er^f ett, hard-heartedness 

iiberlegen, to reflect, to consider 

ebel, noble 

$erbei t)oten, to fetch 

ber ©effel, seat 

$etbei rixcfen, to move near 

ctnen, one 

rttegen, on account of 

unerttjartet, unexpected 

ber ©aft, guest 

retdtftd), pleatiful 

bte Slbenbma^tjeit, supper 

beretten, to prepare 

benn, for 

bamatg, at that time 

bte (&ittt, custom 

bte 0ttttcrgfrau, knight's wife ; no- 
ble lady 

fte fel&ft they themselves 

fte felbft, she herself 

<5it felbft, you yourself 

bte $itd)e, kitchen 

before en, to attend to 

ft$ erfunbtocn na$, to enquire 
after 

gettau, minutely, carefully 

bte Urfac&e, cause 



aug beuen, from which 

bte gorbermtg, demand, ciaim 

am Snbe, at last 

nun gut ! well 

fO bid id) kty, as far as I see 

dlcd)t fyabtll, to be in the right 

3f)r, you 

MfttOttimm, perfect, perfectly 

morften, to«morrow 

mit 2(nr)ru$ beg %aQt§, at day- 
break 

ft'd) aufma^cn, to set out, to de- 
part 

id) xoiVL mid) aufmad)en, I will set 

out 
etntcje, a few 
ber better, horseman 
becjlettet, accompanied 
um £U &erfu$ett, in order to try 

erft, first 
ber 2Beg, way 

bte ©itte, kindness 
ber 23e<J ber ©itte, friendly, or con- 
ciliatory means 
Metben, to remain 
bletbet, remain 
blctben (Sie, remain 
jte blteb, she remained 
big, until 

juritcf f ommen, to come back 
fO, thus, then, in that case 
bte iftacOricfyt, news 
|)0ffen, to hope 
$tetd), at once 
mit nad) £aufe ne$men, to take 

home with one 
tnbeffen, in the mean time 
eg rMtbe fertfg, it got ready 
£a$ Sffen, meal, dinner or supper 
fte ftf en (inf. ejfen], they ate 



so 



$ufammen, together 

fr6#ft#, cheerfully 

auf bte 9la$t (or $ur yiafyf) cffen, 

to sup 

am fofflenben %flCT$m, the follow- 
ing morning 

jtcb $U ^ferbefe^en, to get on horse- 
back 

er xitt fort (inf. fottrettcn), he rode 

off, he departed 
feiltC SeutC, his people, his follow- 



fityren, to lead, to conduct 

auf tyx Simmer, to her room 

jetflen, to show 

ber $Ietberfafkn, wardrobe 

betbe, both 

fte rourben, they became 

bait), soon 

$er3tt$, hearty 

ber greunb, masc, friend 

bte greunbtna/em., friend 

CJUtgeartCt, good-natured 

*W$I(jeg0gen, well-bred. 

IX. 



9?ad) eintgen %a$tn, a few days 

after 

bte 3$otf#aft, news 

treten, to step 

aU er trat, when he stepped 

cuer gctnb, your enemy 

angerec^t, unjust 

abfte^en son, to desist from 

fte ftttb abgcftanben, they have de- 
sisted 

ber ©trctt, quarrel 

etn Snbe ^aben, to be terminated 

$m ar, it is true 

afytZW. auf, to pay attention to 

metne SReben, my words 

fte fatten, they had; they would 
have 

rocntg, little 

fo f (ar au$, how clear soever 

tyx, their 

ta$ Unrest, wrong, injustice 

Dor Stugen legen, to show, to prove 

jCvem, to every one 

fletnfi least 

Setb $ufitgen, to do harm, to injure 



er ttiirbe, he would, he should 
$rieg anfiinben, to declare war 
ha, then 

geben, to give 

fte gaben ft$ jut 3tu$e, they acqui- 

esced 
fctb Cfetn ©(e) gutcn Wlufyt, be of 

good cheer 
ber grembe, the stranger 

etn grember, a stranger 

ernten, to reap 

bte 2Baibung, forest 

fagen, to hunt 

£>0lj fatten, to cut down wood 

trauernb, mourning, afflicted 

{neritber, at this 

erfreuet, rejoiced 
fllanjen, to glisten 
treu, true, faithful 

ber 33ef$it£er, protector 
bte SStttrce, widow 

bte SBatfe, or|)han 
belo^nen, to reward 
belojmt, rewarded 
unbelojmt, unrewarded 



91 



laffcrt, to let, to leave 
er laft, he lets, he leaves 
fcerijeficn, to repay, to retaliate, to 

recompense 
©ort rDottc e3 (£u$ tteroelten, may 

God reward you for it 
tyun an, to do to 
3£r §aU incl an rmr gcf^att, you 

have done a great deal for me 

er ftoKe Qufy betoafymi fcor, may 

he protect you from 

bag UttCjtucf, misfortune 

GUg jeber jRot^, from every cala- 
mity , 

er iff in grower jftoi^, he is in a 
great fix 

Sfttffrlft mad)en, to .make prepara- 
tions 

guritcf feljrcn, to return 

na$, to 

nc^mcn, to take 

fte nafjmen 2lbf$teb, they took 
leave 

^crflojTcn (inf. jerfliejfcn), melted 

jun& young 

bag 2lnbcnfen, keepsake 

&fterS, frequently 

ber SSunfd?, wish 

duftern, to express 

brad)te (inf. Imogen/) brought 

brucfen an, to press against 
t$re SBanae, her cheek 
fo Iteb fte eg audj ^attz, dear as she 
held it 

anne^men, to accept 
entfte^en, to arise 
eg entfknb, there arose 
freunbfc^aftlt^ friendly 
enbltd), at last 
nac^geben, to yield a point 



f4)en!en, to give, to present with 

iiberbtef, besides, also 

empfa()I (inf. cmpfe^len), recom- 
mended 

fte empfte^lt, she recommends 

angelecjentli^, urgently 

ftue Citta, as perhaps, as for in- 
stance 

frembe ftonbe, stranger's hands 

ansertrauen, to confide to 

er rt>at fort he was gone 

fa fr, almost 

eg gercut mtr, I repent, I regret 

ttcrfcfeenfen, to give away 

i$ ^attz liebcr oeben fatten, I ought 
rather to have given 

ber Dfjtenttng, ear-ring 

gum 2(nbcnf en, as a present 

bU magft thou mayest, you may 

etn anber Wlal, another time 

befu$en, to visit 

fiir \z%i, for the present 

md)tg OC$tcflt$ereg, nothing more 
proper or acceptable 

bag ®efd)enf, present 

anrjene^m, agreeable 

fte, her 

eg \aiiz fte *neUet$t gebemuiluctt, 

it might perhaps have hurt her 

delicacy 
nut bem tt>ag, with that which 
bag Stebfte, the dearest 
QlttQ% though, although 
an ft$, in itself 
ber 28ert|>, value 

ef>rcn, to honour 

ber 23en?etg, proof 

bte Zkht, love 

Ctlfa, therefore 

!af eg tify md)t reuenydo not regret 



92 



bereft, ready 

fein £eben baran fe£en, to stake 

one's life 
fcebrcmgt, oppressed 
fo ift eg fa f$0H, thus it is kind, 

also 
balHtt gebett, to give away, to give 
bctritbt, afflicted, unhappy 

er&eitem, to cheer 
jebeg £ett!t$e ©Ut, every temporal 
good 



tt>er, who, whoever 

fo lieb eg t£m auti) fei, however 

dear it be to him 
bag Dpfcr, sacrifice 
Opfern, to sacrifice 
fte, them 

n)a|>rt)aft, truly 
folder, fol$e, folc^eg, such 
batbrmgen, to offer 
bereinft, one day 
^errlic^, lordly. 



X. 



Ser ptger, pilgrim 

Ittige^ort, undisturbed 
gettofi securely, cheerfully 
gufriebett, contented 
ttef, deep, far 
tttalbtt}, woody, wooded 

eine ttalbtge ©e^enb, woodland 

grounds 
bag ©ebirrje, range of mountains 
la$ (inf. lie^en), was situated 
ba, there, then 
etneg 2lbeitbg, one evening 
{pat, late, at a late hour 
an bag ©cOloftljor, to the castle 

gate 
bitten urn, to solicit 

fte baten, they requested 

bie 9la$t£erberfie, night's lodging 
trugen (inf. tragen), wore 

bunlelbraun, dark-brown 

bag spil^erfleib, pilgrim's dress 
ber ^ilgerfiab, pilgrim's staff 
in be* f>anb fujjren, to carry in 

one's hand 
na$ tyilfttxaxt, according to the 

custom of pilgrims 



bie 9ftufcf)elf$ale, cockle-shell 
ber $but, hat 
befefrigen, to fasten 
ber S^orttmtter, gate-keeper 
anmelben bet, to announce to 
befall (inf. befeljlen), ordered 
bie jtt>et banner, the two men 
bie UHtere ©tube, the chamber on 
the ground floor 

bag -ytacOtefFen, supper 
jebem, to each 
retd)en, to serve 
fte {JUtg ^fnab, she descended 
bag {jelobte Sanb, the Holy Land 
aHe Seitte, all the people 
JU^Sren, to listen 
aufmerffam, attentively 

greube 1)c&tn itber, to find plea- 
sure in 
ftimberbar, marvellous 
bie dx$<tf)lunq, story 
fiat, very, extremely 

mtvjemein, unusual 

floffen (inf. flief? en) iiber, ran down 

finblid), youthful 

ft$ regen, to stir, to rise 



93 



6etft<t,holy 

in bem, in which 

ftanbeln, to walk, to wander ; to 
live 

bebauern, to regret 

nur, only 

\X>0% likely 

memalS, never 

in Gfrfiilluttg ge^en, to be accom- 
plished 

rcerbe, would 

£U jeber ©tunbe, at any hour or 
time 

ffcfj ht^zhtXif to transport one's self 

bet £)elber$, the Mount of Olives 

ber ^abartcnberg, Mount Calvary 

i>a$ ©rab, sepulchre 

n)tr bitrfen nur, we have but to 

ffetfug, with attention 

bit ©cfcfndjte, history 

3efu, of Jesu3 

lefen, to read 

befltetten, to accompany 

gletc^fam, as it were 

feine tto^attgen (5$rtiie, His 
path of benificence 

ber Stab, mouth 

tk SBorte fcineS SftunbcS, his own 

words 
letecn, to suffer 

auferftc^en, to rise from the dead 
ttenn, if 

tie 5el?re, doctrine 
ta$ ©ctfpiel, example 
ba3 Sciten, suffering 
ber £ob, death 

Me 2}er|>en:[tc!)utt3, glorification 
ft$ $u 9lu§e mafytn, to take the 

advantage 



$u §er$en neOmen, to take to heart 
getreulicf), faithfully, truly 

befolgen, to follow 
ftc wiirbcn, they would 
eg fonnte, it could 
$an$, whole- 
bie G?rbe, earth 
Herbert, to become 

fl$ erfunbtgeti na$, to enquire 

about 

f)ferauf, hereupon 

umtiegcnb,surrounding, neighbouring 

bte ©egCttbi country 

bcfonbcra, in particular 

loben, to praise 

liber aUe Sftaf? en, beyond all mea- 
sure 

bie Surer, castle 

gar }U ttett, much too far 

cm^er unferm SSe^e, out of our way 

lage (inf. lichen), did lie 

ber 2leltere, the elder 

JU §aufe, at home 

ftnben, to find 
berbriefleni to vex 

fxd) &erbriefen laffen, to mind 

ber Ummeg, round about way 

fcerftdjew, to assure 

tyt 2$ecj, their way, their road 

sorbet ge#en an, to pass by 

naK close 

erft fcor etnem tyaar Sacjen, only a 

couple of days ago 

em pactr £age, a few days 

ber dtittf excursion on horseback 
§etm lommen, to return home 
Cf?nc 3ttcifel, vvithout doubt 
nun, well 

taS tjt mix fe$r tieb, I am very glad 
of it 



94 



eg foU fetn, it shall be 
bte £er$engluft, joy of the heart; 
great joy 

eg fott mtr erne £er$englufl fetn, I 

shall feel delighted 
treffen, to meet 



gar 2J?an#eg, a good many things 

cfom&fytn, to settle 

in after grille, very early 

e^ getyt, we shall go 

alfo, then. 



XL 



(Bit QCtbtn t&ttt auf, they charged 

him with 
taufenb, thousand 
We Segritfmng, salutation 
an, to, for 
einem (tin @ef$enf) in We §anb 

britcfen, to present one with 
britcfen, to press 
ba$ ©tlbcrftudf, a piece of silver 

(money) 
£U90t, before 

bat (inf. bitten), to request 
ft$ beftnben, to find one's self 

ttue beftnben Bit fief) ? how do you 

do? 
to) befinbe tixty w% I am well 
itf) beftnbemtc^mc^two^I/lamnot 

well 
xty befinbe mtcb te$t tooty, I am 

very well 

wit beftnben jte ftdg> ? how do they 

do? 

ttne befinbet ftc ft$? how does she 

do- 
:me befinbet fi$ 31>re (5$tt>ejter ? 

how is your sister ? 

ttne befinben fid) 3Dre(scf)tr;ej?ern? 

how are your sisters 1 
ka, as, since 

t>emel;men aug, to learn from 
fie fydtte ^ernommen, she had learned 



bag ®efpra$, discourse, conversa- 
tion 
unlimbtg fetn, to be ignorant 

fie maren beg 2Begeg unfunbtg, they 

did not know the road 

ber S)ienft!nabe, servant-boy 

moreen fritf), early the next morning 

t$ tx>iinfc6e SOnen quit 9lart)t, I 

wish you good mgnt 
fie ttmnf^te i^nen gttte ytatyt, she 

wished them good night 

am fo(genben Stforgen, the next 

morning 

jte retften ab f they left 

cr $in$ mit, he went with them 

fro(;It$, merrily 

er tru$ t^nen nad), he carried for 

them 
bie @ cfatttgf eit, favour, obliging. 

ness 
nod) uberbief, moreover 
hit $tlgertafd)e, pilgrim's pouch 
2la)t geben, to take notice 

roanbern, to walk 

balo— , bale— , now—, now 

bercjab, down hill 

bergauf, up hill 

fietl, steep 

ber 23erg, mountain 

erftiegen-(inf. erfktgen), climbed 
ber guf fteig, path 



95 



eoett, plain, level, flat 

fte ftngen an (inf. anfangerO, they 

began 
Itttt etnanber, with one another 
ttaltcmfd), Italian 
reben, to speak 
a\X§ Stalfcn, from Italy 
nermett, to call, to name 
man natmte tyn, one (or they) 

called him ; he was called 
Obtt>0$I, although 

ber -ftame, name 
wie, as 

t>X$ ^aterlanb, native country 
man t)teg tfjn, one called him ; he 

was called 
Ijetfsen, to be called 
ttHC $etj*t er? what is his name 1 ? 
itf) tt>ei$ md)t, ttne er $etfft I do not 

know his name 

er f>atte bag lieber ge^ort, he would 

have liked better to hear that 
at$, as 

arm, poor 

ber SatfenfnaBe, orphan 

a\i$ IBarm^ergt q left, from mercy 

er |>atte i$n mtt genommen, he had 

taken him with him 
mfy Seutfc&lcmb, to Germany 
beutf$, German 

lernen ©ie beutfc^ ? do you learn 

German 1 

fpred)en <5it beutfet) ? do you speak 

German I 

fo— bod), yet 

^erjtanb Cinf. tterfte^en), understood 

feme Sanbe^fprac^e, his native Ian- 

guage 
nod), still 
recfrt gut very well 



auffjorcfyen, to hearken attentively 
|>0d), high, highly 

er I;or$ie f)o$ ctuf, he listened 
with surprise 

er ttotlte eben, he was just going 

be$ctgert, to express 

feme Wlttttttfpxafy, his mother- 
tongue 

reben (wren, to hear spoken 

ber <S$tecfen, terror 

bag (£ntfe|en, horror 

erfittlen, to fill 

sewa^m, (inf. &erne£merO, learned 

tylt Sfteben, their conversation 

roatjr, real, true 

jte feten, they be, they were 

fonbern, but 

ftcg> fcerfleifcen, to disguise one's 
self 

btefe ©egenb, this neighbourhood 

Oar md)t, not at all 

fremb, unknown 

ttorgeben, to pretend 

fie fatten t>orgegeben, they had pre- 
tended 

glitcfltd;, successfully 

befampfen, to combat 

gegen tjm, against him 

bte 3?acfre, revenge 

Cjtu^en, to burn, to glow 

im ©tmte fjaben, to intend 

itnter bem ©a)etne, under the dis- 
guise 

bte grommtgfett, piety 

jtcf) etnfc^letc^en, to steal in ; to in- 
troduce one's self under false 
pretences 

bann, then 

aufftet)en, to get up 

ta$ Setb, wife 



96 



alle Me ©etntgen, all his people 
crmorben, morben, to murder 



3ttHf$ett. between 

MMitf), bluely, bluish 

bte gerne, distance 

tit ber gerne, at a distance 

Itegen, to lie 

fie fal)en (inf. fe^en), they saw 

•ftanteng, of the name 

ber ©pteggefefle, accomplice 

bag ift alfO, that, then, is 

abfdjeuttd), detestable 

bag £)ra$ennefi dragon's nest 

fut$t.erltd), dreadful 

Stele, many 

unfere Seute, our people 

t>a$ 23tufgerujT, scaffold 

gebrac$t (inf. brtngen), brought 

UHter, amidst 

ftyrecf fic^ft, most terrible 

bte WlaxtUC, torment 

fcitf ett, to atone (or pay), for 

bte glamme, flame 
lebenbtg, alive 
fcerbrennen, to burn 
bag Unterne^men, enterprize 
etn)ag, somewhat 
fjaWbxtfymV, neck-breaking 

eg ift after bo$ *>algbre$ent>, it is 

perilous though ! 
pinker, younger 
ttenn eg fe#if$iitge, if it were to 

fail 
fe$lf$tagcn, to miscarry 
eg gtnge ung feljr iiM, it might end 

badly with us 
tnbef?, however 



pluttbetn, to plunder 

in Sranb ftetfen, to set on fire. 
XII. 

ber <S$a£, treasure 

auf^aufen, to store up 

ta^ SSageftiitf, hazardous attempt 

ttertt) fein, to be worth 

SOU full of 

grimmig, fierce 

bte 3ta#gter, thirst for vengeance 

bie Sufi, pleasure 

ber 3?et$tt;itm, riches 

erbeutcn, to get as booty, to capture 

ttnettoDl, although 

btefe, these 

fcerad)ten, to despise 

eg geltngf ung, we succeed 

ber <8>iretd), strike, stroke, blow; act 

mnn biefer @tret$ geltngt, if this 

affair succeeds 
aufgeben, to renounce, to give up 
ta^ £>anbn?erf, trade, profession 
XOtfylm, to choose 
rufjtger, more tranquil 
bte Sebengart, kind of life 

eben j[ei$t, this very moment 

ber f)errJt$e gtnfatt, excellent idea 

augfu$en, to select 

aug, from among 

bag Steib, dress, cloth 

pracf)ttgjl, most magnificent 

cmateljcn, to put on 
^U tragji, thou wearest ; you shall 

wear 
bte ^algfette, chain 
bag 2fttierfreu$, knight's cross 
ber eble ©tent, precious stone 
entjTte^en, to escape 



97 



fern, distant 
fennen, to know 
gel ten fur, to pass for 
borr, there 

etn grower f)err, a great lord 
ttur fojfen un*3 mot)! [etn, we lead 

a merry life 

fammefn, to collect 

i>a$ mare afle3 gut, all that would 

be very fine 
attettt, however 
i<$ tt)eig ni$t, I don't know 
e3 tft mtr bange, I feel uneasy 
ber panbel, bargain, affair 

mtr tfi bet bent pansel bo$ bange, 
I Jo have fears for the success 
of our undertaking 
X0Cl$ bange! afraid 1 nonsense ! 
alle^, every thing 
QVlt, well 

au$funbf#aften, to spy, to recon- 
noitre 
fcerabreben, to concert 
ber f>elfer3£elfer, confederate 
fob alb or fobalO aU, as soon as 
bte 5lbrebe, concert, agreement 
gentdff, conformable or according 

to 
unferer 2ibrebe gemaf , as we have 

agreed upon 
an bzm genfter, in the window 

bte ^tlgerftube, pilgrim's chamber 
bret, three 
$>a$ Zi$t candle 
an^itnben, to light 
fteben, seven 
riifrtg, able, able-bodied 
ber ^erl, fellow 

fte fommcrtunS $u §mlfe, they come 
to our assistance 



f$0n, already 
lange, a long time 
jiebe %latf)t f every night 
paffen auf, to wait for 
ba3 3etc^en, signal 
(euOlaffen, to let enter 

bUTd), through 

ba$ ®artenpfi3rt$en, the little gar- 
den-gate 

son tnnen, from within 

let$t, easily 

offnen, to open 

offnen ©ie bte £$ar, open the door 

ber ©C^IO^Of, castle-yard 

etner baritnter, one among them 

e£emal$, formerly 

ber ^etter^fnet^t, groom; horse- 
man 

btenen, to serve 

fortfagen, to drive or chase away 

er tjt fortgejagt ftorben, he has 
been sent away 

ber ©attg, walk, winding 

$>*$ ©ewolbe, vault 

fo gut a% as well as 

etgen, own 

ba3 pau$, house 

unferer neun, we being nine in 
number 

rtJO^I, it is likely 

etlidj, few 

fc^Iafenb, sleeping 

ferttg, ready 

ferttg roerben mtt, to overcome, to 
manage, to get the better of 

CfeO WX gute3 Ttufy&, make your- 
self easy 

e0 geltngt gemtf, we shall cer- 
tainly succeed 

grauftcf), dreadful 

7 



98 



ber ^ttfdtfa^, conspiracy, design 

t'ltbefien, however 

er lieg ft$ md)tg merfett, he did 

not show 
btC ©pra$e, language 
t'erfte^ett, to understand 
Winter t^ncn £er, along behind them 
abpfluefen, to pluck, to gather 
bag Sraufc herb 
pftff (inf. pfetfen), whistled 
bag Slatt, leaf 
bag 2teb$cn, little tune 
fTe^en, to pray 
tnbritnfticj, fervently 
er wolfe, he would 
ber 336fettn$t, villain 
$u mcf?te ma$en, to frustrate 
fid) ttotnefjmen, to make up one's 

mind ; to resolve 

er na$m ft$ fcor, he resolved 

bi$, as far as 

entbecfen, to discover, to disclose 
tnbem, whilst 

rto$ aftcrlet, a variety of things 
more 

$erabreben, to concert 
tng 23erf tt$ten, to execute 
er trat fe^l, he made a false step 
f$mat, narrow 

ber gufjfteig, footpath 

bie getfenfluft, precipice 

er ware beina^e ^tnabgeftitr^t, he 

was very nearly falling down 

bemafje, almost, nearly 

er blteb ^angen, he remained hang- 
ing 

febO$, however 



tm gatten, when (in the act of) 

falling 
tycingen an, to hang on or to 
ber Sornbufcfj, briar 

bte ©omen, thorns 

aufret^en, to tear open 

bag spifgeroemanb, pilgrim's dress 

f$roar$braim, dark-brown 

f#at[a$rot£, scarlet 

bag 2Bammg, doublet 

blanf, polished 

eifern, iron 

ber 23rafif?armf$, cuirass 

entfaften, to fall from 

eg entjtel tym, there fell from him; 

he dropped 
f$arf, sharp, sharply 
gefcftftffen (icf. fd)eifen), ground 

ber ©ol(#, poniard 
er tyat al$, he did (pretended) 
as if 

bason, of it 

£U fl# ftecfen, to put into one's 

pocket 
eilenbg, hastily 
ftecf en ©te eg $u flcfc, put it in your 

pocket 
■ julnopfen, to button, to fasten 

bag @ett>anb, robe 

feitwartg anblttfen, to look ask- 
ance at 

bange, terrified 

r3fterg, various times 

Sfagen fo f$arf tt>fe Slblergaugen, 
eyes as piercing as those of an 
eagle. 



99 



XIII. 



3efct, now 

ft'e lamen an, they came to 

fitr$terltd), frightful 

ber 2(bgrunb, abyss 

in beffen £iefe, at the bottom of 
which 

ber ©ebir^jtrom, torrent 

braufen, to rush 

ber S^egen, rain 

anfc^meu'en, to swell 

e3 tt>ar angcf^nMen, it had in- 
creased 

bltfcfytg, covered with bushes 

ber gelfen, rock 

herein fyan^en itber, to hang in over 

gu hzmn ©etten, on both sides 

ber £annenbaum, fir-tree 

kit obere ©ette, the upper side 
be^auen (inf. bef)auen), hewn 
baritber #itt, along over it; across 
ber ©teg, small bridge 
gum @tege bienen, to serve as a 

bridge 
auf italtenif$, in Italian 
auf beutf$, in German 

ber ©efa^rte, companion 
eg fonnte bo# fern, there is a pos- 
sibility 
ber 23ube, boy, lad 

merfen, to observe 
ben)Ctffnet, weaponed, armed 
er fonnte, he could, might 
23ert>ad)t f^opfen, to suspect 
ber ©to?, push 

$inunteritiir$en, to tumble down 
gan^ jtc&cr, quite safe 

fte&en bleiben, to top 



eg Kef tf?m eisfalt itber ben StM en, 

it ran cold as ice over his back 

mcl;rere ©$rttte, a few paces 

gcfafjrK$, perilous 

ftcf) geirauen, to venture 

td) getraue mix nie&t, I do not ven- 
ture 

ba t)initber, over there 

ber ©dpmmbel, swimming of the 
head 

mify fomntt jegt fd)on tin @#tt>tn* 

bel CM, my head swims already 

fid) fitr^tcn, to fear 

fomm nur einmal $er, come along ; 
just come here 

Imutber tragett, to carry across 

er gtncj auf tytl gU, he advanced to- 
wards him 

auggeftrecfte %xmz, outstretched 

(or open) arms 

er^VCtfen, to seize hold of 

er ttucf? (inf. tt>et$en) $uritef,he re- 
coiled backwards 

fcfjretenb, crying 

jammernb, lamenting 

gefafjt, ready, prepared 

t&m JU naf)e, too near him 

bag ©ebitfcfc, thicket 

enjjprincjen, to spring, to run away, 
'to escape 

atf), ah 

ricf (inf. rufen), cried 

Jttternb, trembling 

menu au$, even if 

ftcnn id) au# glMKd) Inniiber fame, 
even if I could get across in 
safety 



100 



lafji mid) bo$ flc$cn ! let me S°> * 

entreat you ! 

^timber, over there 

^critber, over here 

Icift mtd) na$ £>aufe, let me re- 
turn home 

brau^en, to need 

ber 2Sea,tt>eifet, guide 

eireidjjen, to reach 

nt$f me£r, no more 

gar tucit, very far 

fcMen, to mistake 

er fcfcrieb— $u (inf. aufc$reiben), he 

attributed to 
bte 2fa{$, terror 
etnjtcj, solely 
fd)auerlt$, awful 
t$m felbfi, to himself, even to him 

eg graute tym felbft baser, he him- 
self shuddered at it 
etnf alticj, silly, foolish 
$<itU er ait$ gcfe^en, even if he 

had seen 
t$ tteig nid)t, I know not 
Ctlfo, consequently 
t^Or^abcn, to intend 

man mitrbe afytm auf , one (peo- 
ple) would pay attention to 
ftnbtfcf), childish 
bag ©ef#ma£, talk 
man ttmrbe bo$tt>emgbarau$ma* 

$cn, people would at least not 

make much of it 
ber Zxotf, wretch 
Ia§ i£n laufcn, let him go 
meiitct^alben, for my sake 
nun metnet&alben, oh! very well 
3U flrcf? crer ©t#er£ett, for greater 

security ; to he more secure 
abwerfen, to throw off, to destroy- 



er bitrfte tmffcn, he might know 
er fonnte eg bo$ ni$t ^intent, he 

could not prevent it for all that 
bie ©tunbe, hour, league 
fcmauf unb fyinah, up and down 
bte 23riicfe, bridge 
immoglid), impossible 

bie 9ta#rte&t, news 

bettor, before 

ta$ SBerf, work, purpose 

augfuf?ren, to execute 

ber Wlatitzl, cloak, mantle 

umne$men, to take round, to put 

on 
fte£en, to stand 
fte lief en i$n fie^en, they left him 

0$W $U banfen, without thanking 

bie 33eo,leitima,, accompanying 

er fc^rte^cruber, he cried out (over) 

to him 
bu £afr 9ie$t, thou art right 
bofe, bad 
Don alter, by age 
morjty, decaying 

fcalb, half 

serfault, rotten 

fein Seben einbitf en, to lose one's 

life 
bamit, in order that 
bad Unglitcf, misfortune 
geff^e^e, may happen 
ttegfdjaffen, to remove 
fKtbet f#affen, to bring hither 
fte merben f$On, they will be sure 

to 
lo£mad)cn, to detach 
ber Salfen, beam 
pr$cn, to fall 
ta$ ©epolter, crash 
fc&aumenb, foaming 



101 



bet gtu£, river 

rDut^enb, furiously, rapidly 

ttttt ft# fottret^en, to carry on with 

one 
Serf Sppt, pretended, disguised 
Winter, behind 
um ben, round which 
ft$ rritmmen, to turn 
serfcfmmnben (inf. scrf^wtnben), 

disappeared 
ftnrj an, (inf. anfangen), began 
laufen, to run 
toa$ er ttermo^te, with all his 

strength 



lOermogCtt, to be able 
um $u iiberbrtngen, in order to 
bring or carry 

tie f$recf (t$e 2ta$rid>t, the fearful 

tidings 
bie gndbtge grau, the noble lady 
er rt>ufte (inf. rmffen), he knew 
fbttjl, otherwise 
ttfeit Unb brett, far and wide ; far 

and near 
fctettetc^t, perhaps 

bro^enbe ©efa^r, impending danger 
abftettben, to ward off; to prevent. 



XIV. 



£to ©c&retfen, fright, terror, sur- 
prise 
bte gurc^t, fear 
bte ^offnunct, hope 
benfen an, to think of 
fte bar^te, she thought 
m<$t$, nothing 

rsemger at$, less than 

reben, to talk 

an Semanben etne gtage tbun, to 

ask somebody a question 
etne Jtfencje, a number of 
uber, concerning 
beforgen, to attend to 
ben Xa$ ^tntltrd), during the day 
IU$\§, quietly 
ba3 ©efcfcdft, business 
gegen 2lbenb, towards evening 
bd/ when 
bte <6onne, sun 
&e$, hot 

fdjten (inf. foremen), shone 
f ityl, cool 



bte 8uft, air 

rt>e!?en, to blow 

§tnab ge^en, to descend 

ber &d)lo\}b?rq, hill on which a 

castle is built 
um ^U befe^en, in order to look on, 

to view, to inspect 
ber 2(cfer, field 

bte gcltfrud)r, produce of the fields 
fte fkmben, they stood 
ijcnitcfr magnificent, magnificently 
curiae, some 

prangen, to shine, to parade 
berett3, already 
qclb, yellow 
bte &e$te, corn-ear 
retc&ltd), abundant 
tie 2lernte, harvest 
ancere, others 
ber ©pdtfla$$, late flax 
I'Cbauen, to grow upon 
bte 23lit#e, blossom 
unserctfetd&Iic^ incomparably 



102 



btau, blue 

not, newly 

boppelt, double, twofold 

greube an, pleasure in 

tt0$ einmal once more ; doubly 

£erjtt#, hearty, heartily 

retdj, rich 

ber ®($n)etf , perspiration 

bebecfen, to cover 

fafr, almost 

au?er Slt^cnt, out of breath 

er tarn batyer gefprimcjen, he came 

running along 
O Onctbicre grau! Ah ! my lady 
er rief (inf. rufen), he cried 
jufammen ffilagen, to clasp 
tva$ tfx bod) bag @#recftt#e$! 

what a dreadful thing ! what a 

misfortune ! 
bet 2ftotber, murderer 

bic ©etmgen, his people 

entfrctftet, exhausted 

mefter, farther 

Inn fmfen, to fall down . 

ber ©trnbaum, pear-tree 

am SSege, at the side of the road 

Slt^em fjolen, to fetch breath, to 

breathe 
fcefttg, violently 
O^tttttacfrttfl, swooning, fainting 

er braurj)te lange, he was long 
Cither ft$ fein, to be beside one's 

self 
iiber biefe fflafyxifyt, at this news 
ber fnmmei, heaven 
roag fiir em, what 
entfe^ltd), terrible, horrid, awful 
fcortreffltd), excellent 
Jtttewb, trembling 
tObienblei$, pale as death 



crmotbct merbett, to be assassinated 

fierben, to die 

*>or Sammer, with grief 

eile bod) ttOtaug, pray run quickly 

ermattet, fatigued 

fo f#nett alt (eg) mocjftd) (ifr), as 

quickly as possible 

nadtfommen, to follow 

lauf au$ alien £raften, run with 

all your might 

jufcmtmen rufen, to collect 
unfere Seute, our domestics 

fte fotfen, they shall 

fie fatten aufft^en, order them to 

take horse 
etlen, to speed, to hasten 
Uttt $11 mamen, in order to warn 

rctten, to ride 

fte fotlen retten, fo fcfmeft fte foil* 
nen, tell them to make all possi- 
ble haste 

t>& $5ferb, horse 

$u ©runbe ge^en, to perish 
bariiber, by that, on account of 
that 

roenn aud)bie ^ferbe bariiber $u 
©runbe ge^cn fottten, even if the 
horses perish by it 
Iet#t, light, nimble 
flit$ttg, nimble, flying 
true tine @emfe, like a chamois 
ben ftetfen 23er$ Dinauf, up the 

steep hill 
bag 23urgtf)Or, castle-gate 
ber ©cfrrecfengruf, alarm cry 
jufammenlaufen, to flock 
erfdjrocfcn, frightened, alarmed 
fur^, in a few words 
in ©efa^r fk^en, to be in danger 
bag geuer, fire 



103 



ba$ <3i)merbt, sword 
$er()eeren, to waste, to destroy 
tie UittjM;en:>en, those standing 

about, by-standers 
ft# entfegen, to shudder 



fc&mc$en liber, to inveigh against 

jammern, to lament 

alS (menu), as if 

in gCammett \tZ$lXl, to be in flames 

eigcn, own. 



XV. 



Ueber eitte SBette, after a while 
fie trat, she stepped 
unterwegeS, on the way 
bte na^eren ttmftattbe, particulars 
befragen iiber, to question about 
ma3 jte££ i(jr, why stand you 
miifftg, idle 
ft(3t DOC^ auf! mount! 
umnogltdj, impossible 
etSgrau, grey as ice, hoary 
ber ©taflmetfter, equerry, master 
of the horse 

ber feltge fitter, the late (defunct) 

knight 

ber &d)ttxU, scoundrel 

Sorfpmit{J fyaben, to be in advance 

gU grof, too great 

beoettfen £>te D0^! only consider 

fcer Sct^rtDeg, cart-way, carriage- 
way 

bet fmtfeejjn ©tunbcn, about fifteen 
hours (leagues) 

ba^tn, to there, thither 

em setter 2Beg, a great distance 

ber Sftegen, rain 

sersorben, spoiled 

bet bunfler Via^t, in the dark 
night 

einen 2$cg ^uriidrcgen, to make a 
way 

t$ {jctraute mtr, I should dare or 
undertake 



faitm, scarcely 

^or ^nbrucf? be3 £age$, before 

day-break 
ber Slcfergaitl, labouring horse 
tauten, to be good 
gar mdjt, not at all 
gum SRetten, for riding 
ba3 ^riecjsrofi, war-horse 

fte ftnb fa serfauft, you know they 

have been sold 
fett since 
gang, whole 
t>a$ y?o§, horse 
auftrciben, to hunt out, to find 

(with difficulty) 
gltr §)a(fte, half, the half of it 
au3i)alten, to support 
bit f>am>e rtngen, to wring ones 

hands 
gum ptmmel bltcfen, to raise ones 

eyes to heaven 
fe&mergltcO, in sorrow 
ai3 bet Sir, but with thee 
aufge^oben, lifted up 
erbarme Dta), have pity 
fte l?aben ftd) melncr erbarmt, they 

have had pity on me; they have 

rendered me assistance 
Itebretd?, generously 
httZ b0$, do pray ! 
ba$ 2$0rf)aben, intention 
Demtlen, to confound. 



104 



fatten, to fold 

l?tlf tjjnen bO$, do succour them, I 
beseech thee 

tw fte un$ ge^otfen #aben, as they 

have succoured us 

mtt etnfHmmen, to join in 

tyt ©ebet, her prayer 

t#r lieben ?eute, my dear friends 

fitter, ia beina^e unmoglte^ diffi. 

cult, nay, almost impossible 
fcOt TlittiXXiatyt, before midnight 
fo— bemtO$, yet for all that 
Derfudjt eft attempt it 
Sitter feben, the life of all of them 

c3 tfi gefknben an, it depends on 
etntge Slugenbltcfe, a few moments 

tt>enn nur, if only 
ermitbet, fatigued 

f#nett, quick, rapid 
ba3 Sattfen, running 

franf, ill 
er gtng, he went 

et gtnge, he (might or) would go 
fogletcl), at once, directly, imme- 
diately 
bet $tte$t, man-servant ; menial 

ft# auf ben 2Beg ma$en, to un- 
dertake the journey 

ber tji ja tt)o^l nd^er, that, I think, 
is nearer 

Um ein Srttt^etl, by one third 

f$enfen, to give, to present with 

$Unbcrt, a hundred 

bet ©olbgulben, gold-florin 



no# $u renter &\i, in time 
anlangen, to arrive 
fmfrer, dark 
f$mal, narrow 

ber gufifTetg, foot-path 
ofme #\ ftiir^en, without falling 
^ettttmal, ten times 
^Ubem, besides 
ab-ge^ttorfen, thrown down 
man mitfHe |>aben, one must have; 
it would require 

ber glitgel, wing 

um Ijmiiber jit fommcn, to get 

across 
e£ fdttt mtt em, a thought strikes 

me 
fd)tcf en, to send 
anfangS, at first 
etnf$Iie£en, to confine 
fonfi, otherwise 
fo ftzit eg autf) iff, far as it is 
ftcbcr, safely, surely 
ba^et, therefore 
tt)tr Gotten, we will ; let us 
bag 23rtefcf>en, little letter 
an^dngen, to attach; to hang on 
gettttf, certainly, no doubt 
btr fei 2) ant be thanked 
ba^Fg(e^en y prayer 
er^oren, to hear 
ber ©ebanfe, thought, idea 
ber ©ngel, angel 
Ctngeben, to inspire with. 



XVI. 



©prtngen, to spring, to run 

$oten, to fetch 

fc&rieb (inf. fcfcretben), wrote 



ba$ SKrtfcJen, little leaf 
jufammen rotten, to roll up 
fefi, firmly, tightly 



]05 



befeftigen an, to fasten to 

bag £alg&anb#en, the little collar 

ttttt bem, with which 

gterett, to adorn 

bte S^aob, maid-servant 

true] (inf. traflen), carried 

tn$ grete ptnaug, into the open 

air 
fte ftefl eg fuecjen, she let it fly 
fte flog empor, she ascended 
btc 8uft air 
f$tt>eben, to hover 
etne 3^t f° r some time 
£itt Ultb £er, here and there 

fte na$m t^ren glu& ft directed «& 

flight 
plo§lt$, all at once 
etlenD, hastening 
gdf enbttrg $11, in the direction to ■ 

wards Falkenburg 
bcr ©ntttOfctter, inhabitant 
^oc& erfreuer, filled with joy 
pttefen (inf. prctfcn), praised 

ein 3litcf(i$er ©nfatt, a happy 

idea 
nad)fenben, to send after 
bag ©djiff, vessel 

belaben mit, laden with 

^eif e ©ecjengttMtnfdje, sincere and 

hearty good wishes 
abfe^eln, to set sail 
eg roar aboefeflelt, it had set sail 

angftltc^e ©Ottjen, anxiety and sor- 
row 

ttnrb fte TOO^l Ott#, is it likely she 
will 

an Oxt unb ©telle fommen, to 

arrive at one's destination 
pete (inf. fallen), were to fall 
ft# fcerfpriten, to arrive (too) late 



rcenn fte ben metien giuo ntc&t 

aitg^telte, if it should not be 
able to support the length of the 
journey 

bemerfen, to perceive 

$U g . ., at F . . 

emlaffen, to let enter, to admit 

eincjelaffen roerben, to be let in 

tt>el$ ein, what a 

entfte^en, to result 

ein entfe§lid)eg Unglttcf entftanbe 

barattg, an awful misfortune 
would result from it 

an bag gcnfter, near tne window 
fe^cn oe$en, to look towards, to 
face 

f$auen, to look 

fe^nttd), anxious, ardent 
ber S51tcf, look 

flet, constant, continual 

bag ^er^enggebct, fervent prayer 

tie ^Ibenbbammerung, evening- 
twilight 

brad) ein (inf. einbre#en), ap- 
proached, began 

eg mar ifjnen bancje, jthey felt un- 
easy 

Unbefri?rctMid?, indescribably 

fte getrauten ftc^> fount, scarcely 
did they venture 

ba^ generate!) en, sign of a fire 

am fnmmel, in the sky 

t^nen, to them 

tterfitnben, to announce 

xitf)t\Q etntreffen, to arrive duly 

micfren (inf. roeieben), retired 

ber ©dj>laf, sleep 

sorbet, past 

ein fitr$terli$er ©turmminb, a fu- 
rious tempest 



106 



braufen, to roar 
ber 2Batt>, forest 
bie ©egenb t>on g., the country 

where F. is situated 
ld$ (inf. (tegen), lay, was buried 
em tiefeg S unlet, a profound ob- 
scurity 
e3 murbe $ette, it became light 
gU t^rem @ntfe£ett, to their horror 
§u t^rer grofen greube, to their 

great joy 
bort^tn, in that direction 

empor f$ta$en, to rise 

tmmer £o£er, higher and higher 
feit&artS, sideways 
beugen, to bend, to move 
in D!)nma$t fatten, to faint 
beinaf)e, almost 
attetn, but, however 
geroaljr Werben, to perceive 
ber 3rrt^um, mistake 
fcermemt, supposed 
gebogen, bent 
©pige, point 



baS lefcte Siertel, the last quarter 
bunfttg, misty, vapoury 

feuerfarben, fire-coloured 

ber ©tcmj, brilliancy 

ber OTonb Qtng Ctttf, the moon rose 

bte ©idjet, sickle, crescent 

ctynltd), similar 

fern, distant 

ber 33 erg, mountain 

bur$au3 m$t$, nothing at all 

fur$tbar, fearful 

bie 3Wtj)e, redness 

bet etner geuer^brimft, when a great 
fire takes place 

nafytlify, nightly 

crfd)einen, to appear 

enbtid), at last 

ber Xa§ brad) an, the day broke 

begritjkn, to welcome 

nac^iiberftanbener @d)recfcn3nad)t, 
after having passed a night of 
the most dreadful suffering 

ba3 ■KorvjenrOtO, Aurora. 



XVII. 



©te Srrettung, delivery, rescue 
fte ttmjftctt W§[, they knew 

eg war ifmen getungen, they had 
succeeded 

in t>k 2[f$e tegen, to reduce to 

ashes 
no# immer, still 

§0&)% in the highest degree ; most 
befiimmert, afflicted, anxious 
Ob, whether 

feine 2tngef?6rtgen, those belonging 
to him 

ha$ Seben, life 



gefd)e$en, to be done 

tt>a3 g a b e id) ! what should I 

give I 
iifter, oftentimes 
alt mem Sd)mucf, all my jewels 
e$ Ware, it were, would be 
£U bid, too much 
i><X$ ©d)a|3getb, spare money 

ba$u tegen, to add to it 

tterftoffen, past, last 

was ift ttotgegangen? what has 

happened! 
Ul}t noc&/ as yet 



107 



ba$ ©efjetmmf* , secret 
eg blteb t£nen itbrtg, there remained 
for them 

ni$t$ 2lnbere£ aU, nothing else 

but 
gebulbtg, patiently 
marten auf, to wait for 
ttmter, further 
bte <Ba&)Z, thing, matter 
bte <§a$t toar ft gegangen, the 

following is an account of what 

took place 
am ttOTtgenb 2fi>enb, the day before 

at evening 
^ercjnitgt, gaily, cheerfully 
oblte (Sor$e, free from fear 
bet ©onnenuntergang, sunset 
bte ©onne netgt ft$ $um Unter* 

^artge, the sun is nearly set 
ft$ netgen, to bow, to bend 
feurtg, fiery 
ber ©tra$f, ray 
fc^tcnen, shone 
runb, round 

bte gcnfterf$etbe, window, pane of 

glass 
erleuc^ten, to illuminate 
altcttlntmitd), ancient, antique 

ber ©petfefaal, dining-hall 
tttelben, to announce 
ber $rteggfnec$t, soldier 
gut, well 

beitntt^en, to entertain, to treat 
fcercwf, up 

bte $Wgerfa$rt, pilgrimage 
effen, to eat 

em $tug SSettt, a pitcher of wine 
battttt in order that 
jx$ freuen auf, to look forward 
with delight to 



§efp?ft$tg/ communicative 
^um ttOtaug, in advance 
fetneg, neither of them 

afmen, to suspect 

tt?te, while 

traultd), comfortable, snug 

ftc fa^en betfammen, they were 

sitting together 
rebett, to converse 
auf etnmal, suddenly 
$erftun£ert, with astonishment 
ft, ah, look S 
auggefpaunt, extended 
ptcfen an, to peck at 
ahS bait eg, as if requesting 
bte ©Coulter, shoulder 
liebfofen, to caress 
ft>ag fitr em, what a 

ttett, neat, pretty 
fa gar, indeed 
baran, to it 

tcf? $faube ^ar, I even believe 
etn feltfamer Stnfaft, singular idea 
er befal;, he examined 
lag (inf. lefen), read 
barauf, thereon 

augenbltdltd) $u lefen, to be read 
immediately 

nun, well 

ba$ ttnrb groge (?tle $aben, that 

needs dispatch, I dare say 
aufrotfen, to open 
tnnetn fe^en, to look into 
ftcf) entfdrben, to lose or change 

colour 
!)eute 2lbenbg, this evening 
beftcgen, to conquer 
ber 2leltere, the elder 
er (Mft, his name is 

bte StttierHetbung, knight's cloths 



108 



betrii^en, to deceive 

no# ftcben, seven other 

$etmlt#, secretly 

®0tt gebe, God grant 

etn rettenber 33ote, a messenger on 

horseback 
geru(?rt, moved 
tt)ltnberbar, wonderful, marvellous, 

wonderfully 
be$ 5?oe or 9?0C#, of Noah 
ber £)el$metg, olive-branch 
bie 3lrd)e, ark 
bet (or bag) Sme, knee 

fromm, pious 

eben fo, just as 

jt# niebcr laffcn, to sit down 

er lief jt$ nieber, he sat down 



laffen ©ie ft$ nieber, sit down ; take 

a seat 
Sir fei San! r thanks be to thee 
|>etf en, to desire, to order 
er £ief fie geljcn, he made them go 
bie ©ema|>ltnn, wife 
ein anbereg 3immcr, another room 
nxrfen, to throw 
cjercotfen, thrown 
er roarf jt$ in feinen £arnifd), he 

put on his cuirass 

angitrten, to gird about 

bag 3tftterfd?roerr, knight's sword 

ein spaar, a pair, two 

ein paar, a few 

bci ber f>anb fein, to be at hand, 

or in waiting. 



XVIII. 



<£r fief i!)nen ttuffen, he sent them 

word 

£Ctr, extremely 

fc>emut$t<J, humble 

bie TOtene, mien, aspect 

bie $erbeu$tmg, bow 

er fii^rte bag SBort he was spokes- 
man 

fitf, sweet, mild 

augnelj>menb, extreme 

bie £)offt$feit, politeness 

e&elcjefirenger fitter, most noble 
knight 

eben, just 

neraben 2Begeg, straightways 

ber Ueberbrincjer, bringer 

abermal, again 

iaufenb unb abermal taufenb, many 

thousand 
f$d$en, to esteem 



son 2[ncjcftc&t $u Sfncjeftc^t face to 

face 
beffen, whose 
ber £elbenru|)m, heroism 
tk Belt, world 
erfiiflen, to fill 
anbeten, to adore 
glorreicf?, glorious 
genUQ, sufficiently 
lob en, to praise 

preifen, to extol 

gottfe% pious 

iiber^dufen, to load 

minbeft, least, lowest 

ung TOtnbefxe, us unworthy (poor) 

people 
Untterbicnt, unmerited 
bie (S^re, honour 
$art, delicate 
#olbfeli{}, sweet 



109 



aetfltef en, to melt 
gcm$, quite 
cmbac^ttg, devout 
ersablen, to recite 

bie Joc^unb Kebwertyeften Qrurigen, 
your highly respected friends 

©tunben lang, for hours 

fitr je£t, for the present 

ft$ cntlebigen, to discharge one's 

self 
HUr n0$, only yet 
bet 2luftrag 7 commission 
befonbet3, especially 
Ctitig, pretty, nice 
aUerltebfi charming 

bermalen no#, as yet 

ba$ 2Bo$lfein, good health 

ubertrieben, excessive 

bie ®$meid)elei, flattery 

bie ©eele, soul 

bag ijt mir jiutn&er, I have an 

aversion for it 
no# tttefjr, still more 

aufgebrac^t, provoked 

et £ielt ft$ $uruif, he contained 

iiimself 
t>k ^ifgerileute, pilgrims 
ttHr gic^en $U, we return to 
bte §>etmat^, home, country 
S^imngen, Thudngia 
gcboren, bom 

VPte $etfit t^r ? what are your names 
id) $eif e Hermann, my name is 

Hermann 

bet Setter, cousin 
er f)ti$t, his name is 
ttotlen, to want 

Wa$ ttJOdt if)X ? what is your busi- 
ness 
fortfa^rcn, to continue 



er futyr fort, he continued 
nt#t3 al£, nothing but 

fte tterneigten fu$, they bowed 

motgen mit bem £a$nenruf, to- 
morrow, by cock-crow 

better gte^eit, to proceed farther ; 
to depart 

bie Unftigen, our friends 

ttrieber fe^en, to see again 

lug en, to lie, to tell a lie 

bonnems, thundering 

bie ©timme, voiee 

rei$en, to tear 

bie ©c&etbe, sheath 

nic^t — > fonbetn— , not—, but— 

ber 2#eu$elmorbet, assassin 

bet ^orftbrenner, incendiary 

ber £)eutf$e, German 

id) bin ein £)eutfd)cr, I am a Ger- 
man 

fengen, to singe, to scorch 

brennen, to burn 

$u fengen unb $u brennen, to burn 
and fire, to destroy every thing 

£iefcer, hither 

ber Sofyn, reward, recompense 

^k %d)Cit, deed ; crime 

t>erbtenen, to deserve 

euer 2o$n foil end) tterben, you shall 
receive your reward 

$ingeri$tet ttcrben, to be executed 
! tragen, t o wear 

auf! up! 

reift iljnen ab, strip them of 

bettugerif$, false, deceitful 

bk %xad)t, costume, dress 

i^re ttJaJrc Sxadjt, their true co- 
lours 

entnxtffnen, to disarm 

I eg en, to lay 



110 



in $etten legen, to enchain 

$u unterft in ben Sfmrm, in the 

dungeons of the tower 
pacfen, to lay hold of, to seize 

jte rtfTen ifmen ab, they stripped 

them of 
ba fte^en, to stand there, to appear 
getyawtfcfct, in cuirass 

bie abfd)eultcl)e §>eu$efet, detesta- 
ble hypocrisy 
unter bent @$eme ber grommtg* 

f ett, under the mask of piety 

bag fromme ©emitty, pious soul 

ber §W e I/ offence, crime 
attetn, alone 

fjefefielt roerben, to be fettered 
freu^eig, crosswise 

mt$ ttmnbert nur, I only wonder 

tyctatf f em, minutely ; in the minu- 
test details 

er roeiff \a fo^arbag, why ! he even 

knows that 
Crft only, not before ; just 

mit etnanber, with each other 

f itnftig, in future 

ftc^> aug^eben fur, to pass one's 

self for 



bennO$, contrary to what we 
thought 

er \)<Xt eg tterjknben, he has under- 
stood it 

tterrat^en, to betray 

fccrrctt&en, betrayed 

ba, in that case 

oben, above 

er mitfite bet ben genfiern herein $e* 

flO^en fein, he must have got in 
by the window 

i<fy gab cjenau 2l$t, I paid the 

greatest attention 

ni$t aug ben 2lugen laffen, to 

watch incessantly 
ilber, across 

bte SUGbritcfe, draw-bridge 
fett, since 

herein fommen, to come in 
bag ©tag, thing 
I;erc$et)en, to go, to come to pass 
ba^ <t.e(?t etnntal nid)t nttt recbten 

Singen tyer, there is something 

extraordinary about it 
ber 23unb, alliance, league 
bte £ofte, hell. 



XIX. 



©eraitjen in, to fall into 
er gertetl), he fell 

bte 2ButD, rage, passion 
ber glucf), imprecation 

augjto^en, to push out 

er flieff aug itber, he heaped upon 

graufam, cruel 

unter ^nberm, amongst other things 

mit fd)aumenbem SDftmbe, his mouth 
foaming with rage 



S$Ulb twben an, to be the cause 
of 

Unfer gan^eg Unfltitef, all our mis- 
fortune 

ttcrftodt, hardened, corrupted, in- 
famous 

etnfe^en, to conceive 

er felbfl, he himself 

bte ttebeltljat, crime 

23ortt>itrfe ma$en, to reproach 



Ill 



fid? unglucfltd) marf)en, to make 

one's self miserable 
bte Sorfptcgelmtg, insinuation 
falf$, perfidious 

etn fafHge$ Sebert, a life of plea- 
sure 
bet Ueberfluf?, abundance 
eg ftartet memer, there awaits me 
f$ma|)lt$ft, most ignominious 
augrebett, to dissuade from 

bu ttotfteft e^ mtr augrebett, you 
would dissuade me from it 

bofe, bad, wicked 

t>a$ 35ofe, that which is wicked ; 
wickedness 

ffcafett, to punish 

bag ©ettuffen, conscience 

in memem Stmcrftett, within me 

bag Snnere, interior 

gan£ anberg, quite differently 

attlunben, to announce 

bettOrfietyertb, approaching 

bie (Strafe, punishment 

gtaitben, to hearken to 

tt>ag tjelfen mtr, what good are to 

me 
rauben, to rob 

ftd) na^tetl SOU, to get a living by 
£atte Arbeit, hard labour 
bag £ol$fpaltert, cleaving wood 
bag Safttraoctt, carrying loads 
bag torenfdjteben, driving a wheel- 
barrow 
e$rlt$, honest, honestly 
bie (£|>riic6f eit, honesty 

tebltd), honest 
bie $cbltd?fett, integrity 
babti, at the same time 
bettal?ren, to keep, to retain 
tm Serflletd?, in comparison 



te^tg, present 

ber 3uftattb, state, condition 

ber 9itcf)ter, judge 

$e|mm, secret 

bie S^tfTet^at, evil deed 

errjriffen (inf. ergretfen), seized 

f^auerltd), dreadful awful 

t>a^ ©efdrtfttttf, prison, dungeon 

f)erunter, down 

eg tji mit mir sorbet, it is all over 

with me 
©rtafce, mercy, pardon 
t>a$ bOc|) ! oh would that 
®nabe ftrtben Xaffen, to pardon 
rcerttgfteng, at least 
jurtcje Scute, young people 
ftawett, to warn, to caution 
$um rt>awenben 23etfptele btenett, 

to serve as a warning example 
tk ^egterbe ttacf), desire for 
ta^ 2Bo^Ileben, merry life 
ftd) t>erfu^ren (affen ^u, to allow 

one's self to be misguided to 
bie ©imfce, sin 
bag Rafter, vice 
etn fo!d)cg, such a 
ta^ (£Ienb, misery 
auf 3ScfeI;l, by command 
no$ em anbereg, yet another 
fteften, to place 
fobalb alg eg bunfelgettorbenwar, 

as soon as it had become dark 
ber ©tern, star 
bte $er$e, taper, light 
£ett>olwli$, usually 
C^rbar, honourable 
ber SBanberer, wanderer, traveller 
anc]etr>tefen traben, to be assigned 
gum Uebernadjten, for spending the 

night ; as a night's lodging 



112 



ft$ begeben, to go 
ber Xfyottoaxtzx, porter 
bte ivlu^eit, prudence 
red)uen, to reckon 
tauern auf, to watch for 
t>ergeben3, in vain 
lancte, for a long time 

t>k ^ttteruad^jtunbe, (the hour 

of) midnight 

fcoriiber, passed 

er^ellen, to light 

bie 3 WW/ battlement, pinnacle 

bet ©$foj5t$urm, castle-tower 

bariiber, at this 

ber 3$Ctt>ru$, vexation 

bie 3Ku£e, trouble 

umfonfl, in vain 

anftatt, instead of 

erblicf en, to see, to recognise 

etlift, hastily 

tm Dunfel, in the darkness 

entflte^en, to escape 

ginem einfau'en, to strike one 

ba$ WHtttlf means, remedy 

mix fattt ein SKtttel cin, a good idea 

just strikes me 

herein locfen, to allure in 
an^ie^en, to put on 
mitogen, put on 
ber !D?ufc^eI^Ut, a hat ornamented 
with cockle shells 

auffe£en, to put on 

erfennen, to recognize 

t£r fiettt eu$, you place yourselves 

ber spfeiler, column 

aufg neue, again 
tk Ungebulb, impatience 
flopfen, to knock 
gtma3, something 
(eife, gently 



auf en, outside 
aufma^en, to open 
anfef)en fur. to take for 
bte SSerfleibuncj, disguise 
cterabe recfctl just right 

flill, still, quiet 

fommt herein, come in 

fte fcftftcben herein, they slipped in 

hk 3et>e, toe 

ber ©cfymefel, sulphur 

ber $e<$fran$, torch 

bet ftdj), about or with them 

jeber, each 

urwjurten, to gird about 

ber Ie£te, the last 

f($Kefjen, to lock 

er fdjlof bte ££iir, he locked the 

door 
er ftecfte ben ©c^luffel $u ft#, he put 

the key in his pocket 
fe$i Qttt'S, now is the time 
^erfaKen iiber, to throw one's self 

on 
narnlid?, same 
bte Stiifiuncj, armour 
mefjrere, several 
bte gaefel, torch 

blt^enb, glittering 

bammcmt), dusky, dim 

(jltd) (inf. gletC&en), resembled 

auf etntuaf , all at once 

$etf, clear, bright 

fte maren *>or ©d)rec?en fafi be$ 

^Obe^, they were almost terrified 

to death 
m$t emmat, not even 
cjefunben, found 
3tefcen, to draw 
Uifyt, easy, light ; easily 
itberrpdlttGeu, to overpower 



113 



cmpfangen, to receive 

td) empfange, I receive 

i>U cmpfangft thou receivest 

cr empfangi, he receives 

fie empfdngt, she receives 

fie empfangen, they receive 

©te empfangen, you receive 

cmpfangcn ©ie, receive 

td) empfmg, I received 

ta) l;abe . . empfangcn, I have re- 
ceived 

itf) fterbe . . empfangen, I shall re- 
ceive 
fc> gc^t e3 jcbcm, such is the fate of 

every one 
Sofeg tfmn, to do evil 
tt>er tmmer, whoever 
bcr ytafyftt, neighbour 
feinem ^ddjften, to his neighbour, 

for his neighbour 
bte ©rube, ditch 
grab en, to dig 
tdj grabe, I dig 
bU gtdbft thou diggest 
er orabt, he digs 
fte ftTcibt, she digs 
fte grab en, they dig 
©te gtaben, you dig 



graben ©ie, dig 

fejj grub, I dug 

fte grub, she dug 

fte grub en, they dug 

©ie gruben, you dug 

id) f;abe . . gegraben, I have dug 

tter— , ber— , who—, he— 

ber felbft he himself 

ftiir^en, to fall 

er [titrate in bte @rube |tnetn, he 

fell into the ditch 
itf) felbft I wyself 
bit felbft thou Myself 
er felbft, he himself 
fte felbft, she herself 
Wix felbft, we ourselves 
tyt felbft ye yourselves 
fte felbft they themselves 
©te felbft you yourself 

fte $at e3 felbft gefe!)en, she has seen 

it herself 
fte Daben c3 felbft gel;ort, they have 

heard it themselves 
©te l;aben e3 felbft befoI)len, you 

have ordered it yourself 
am (rnbe, in the end 
(nnein, into it. 



XX. 



£)er OcljWetg, olive-branch 
£U §)0l;enburg, at Hohenburg 

marten auf, to wait for 

«0d) tmmer, still, continually 

fe^nlto), longing 

bange 23eforgnift uneasiness 

laufen, to run 

itf) laufe, I run 

itf) Kef, I ran 



fte Kef, she ran 

fte lief en, they ran 

©ie liefen, you ran 

td) but ... gelattfen, I have run 

laufen ©ie, run ! 

bte ©tunbe, hour 

rpotyl $e#nmal, at least ten times 

ftetnew, stone, of stone 

bie ©taffel, step 



3 



114 



bie SBenbelfttcoe, btc SSenbettreppe, 

cockle-stairs, winding-stairs 
ber Sfwrmtoac^ter, warder of a 

tower 
um fe(bft %U fetyett, in order herself 

to see 
ftc moftte eg felbfi fc^en, she would 

see it herself 
$b, whether 
3t0$ m$t, not yet 

fte fctfc ftd) faft bie 3fagen aug, she 

almost looked her eyes out 
bcr TlittOLQ, mid-day, noon 
er lief* ftdj) blicfen, he was to be 

seen 
em SMfenber, a man on horseback 
empfanbert. (inf. empfmben), felt 
tk ^er^cngamifr, agony 
eg tarn tynm ftor, it appeared to 

them 
eg fcmmt mix fo t>or, it appears so 

to me 
berfelk, biefctbe, baffelbe, thesame, 

it 
berfeX6en / of the same 
erleben, to live to see 
fjc^en Slbenb, towards evening 
broben, at the top 
}um gentler i)inau$ flatten, to look 

out at the window 
ba$ ©trajMjen, little road 
fit^ren, to lead 
ber 2Ba$cn, carriage 
ber better, horseman 
ba$ Qni$Mm f -ecstacy 
fte fommen felbft, they are coming 

themselves 
fommen ©te fclbfl, come yourself 
eg tft mem $aier, it is my father 
eg tftmetne Gutter, it is my mother 



id) bin eg, it is I 

fte if* eg, it is she 

fte ftnb eg, it is they 

ftnb ®ie eg? is it you? 

fte jtWg getMfJ, I'm sure it is they 

enfrjegen gef;en, to go to meet 

eine ©trecfe 2Se$eg, some distance 

ft$ ftttf bie $eife ma$en, to set out 

on a journey 
bte greitbennacfjridjf, the joyous 

news 
mihtbtid), by word of mouth 
augftetgen, to alight 
fie jHegen aug, they alighted 
jietgen ©ie a\\$, alight 
auf bag freunblidjfte, in the most 

friendly manner 
ftnnreicf), ingenious, ingeniously 
mitget&etlt, communicated 
hie £er$It$feft, cordiality 

augfpred)en, to express 
wecfcfelfoetfe, mutual 

i>k Srfuttbtgung, enquiry 

gU guff, on foot 

ba§ SBiebcrfe^en, revoir 

tl ad), after 

bk ©efafm danger 

fctcrrt, to celebrate 

bie greubenmal^eit, feast 

bejlctnbtg, constantly 
bk @ef$i$te, affair 
bet £tf#e aufwarten, to wait at 

table 
fe|>r flem, with much pleasure 
cmgfitljrlid), complete, detailed 
bitten fitr, fittbitten fitr, to inter- 

cede for 
be^alb, in turn 
id) mod)k, I should wish 
mtlb, mild, gentle, clement 



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bte ©efmnung, feeling 

Ct bfirfte, he might 

bason foramen, to come off 

pterin, in this 

9ie$t cjeben, to admit to 

t>tc Wlalfyeit, repast 

crgrtff, seised, took 

ber ftTberne 33ed)er, silver goblet 

eg Icbe graulem <5mma! long life 

to Miss Emma ! 
bcr 23rtefbote, letter-carrier 
ma$en $u, to make 

Dcr ©#lltt, rubbish ; ruins 
abftebramtr, burned down 
bte 33ur^, castle 
begraben Itegen, to lie buried 
bef^eiocn, modest 
crrot(;enb, blushing 

CtC ©itte, kindness 

bte greitnbltd;fett, mit ber—, the 
benevolence with which — 

erft, first 

bte Urfadj-e, cause 

bte -55 eg cb en £ ett, occurrence 

i&r (jcbii^rt, to her is due 

©Ottlob, thanks to God 

toil btirfen j-ufrteben fern, we may 
(have reason to) be content 

ftol$ barauf, proud of it 

ber SSotjltfniter, benefactor 

O^ne 2}crC|let$, beyond comparison 

flCtDcm, done 

mel;r al$ $r, more than you 

Wa|)ri;af% true, indeed 

©te paben 3tetf;t, you are right 

retc$Ctt, to reach, to hand 

tvitit auf unfer 33o#I, drink to our 
health 

ber (£be!?nappe, esquire 

abeln, to ennoble 



C0 gtbt, it gives 
QUltig, valid 

ber 2(nfpru$ barauf claim to it 
menfd)cnfreimbli$, humane, kind 
ber Sfjefjerr, husband 
l)cittz er t(mnt$t mtt ft$ genommen, 

had he not taken him with him 

\m ftdttbe eg je£t mit una? where 

should we be now ? 
errineg (inf. etroetfen), showed 
fte, she, it 

rtneberfa^ren, happened 
^UUbertfaltlvJ, hundredfold 

fcergolteit (inf. &ergelterr), repaid 
ttmucjcr, less 

waterlog, fatherless 

£anbeln an, to act towards 

bte f)Ulb, kindness 

aufneljmen, to receive 
ber ^er^elter, requiter, rewarder 
Sob into ®auf, praise and thanks 
befcf>lo£ (inf. befeftfteften), con- 
cluded 
attemal, always 
glldbig, merciful 
$erab fe^ert, to look down 
t£un an, to do to 
unenbitd;, endless 

Dermogett, to be able to do. may 

bte fcjte SQUXQ, strong castle 

ber Unter^ang, ruin, destruction 

atSSfiifjren, to perform 

ftiftctt, to be the author of, to cause 

em guter Side, a good will 

*>on (tandem fjerjen, with one's 

whole heart 
^ertrauen auf, to trust in 
ber §>err, the lord 

ber 33efxger; bte 33eft£eritm, possessor 
ftnbft#e3 JHter, child's age, infancy 



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ba£ 9?ct$, empire 

bte ©ranjfcfie, frontier-fortress 

cr fatten, to preserve 

cwf ettt?a^ antragcn, to desire that, 

&c. ; to make motion 

ber fiatfer, emperor 

gefiatten, to allow 

bvl^ SBappen, arms, coat of arms 

ber ©ematjl, husband 

CWSbcnfen, to devise 

cr $at ba# ail^Zbadlt, he has de- 
vised that 

in ©tanfce brtncjen, to bring about 

tDtnfen, to nod, to wink, to beckon 

fte <|tmj Innattg, she went out of 
the room 

bag ^orBIetn, little basket 

Ingtyer, hitherto 

fl0$ git auf, flew up to 

freubtg, joyful 

ba^ Srfiaunett, astonishment, sur- 
prise 

^Oltcn, golden 



bag 33Iatt$cn, little leaf 

eg fet, let it be 

eg fet (£u$ ; eg fet 3£nen, take it 

as 
ber (S^nabel, beak 
bag ©tnnbtfb, emblem, symbol 
eg tt>ar eben ^ttea, there happened 

to be war just then 
fcebrmtgte fyit, hard time 
gum 35raut$ef$enfe y as a wedding 

present 
bte ^CtCttnabel, hair-pin 
ttWJU, for which 
beftimmt, destined 

ber 9?etm, verse 

er laittet fO, it runs as follows 
fetfcnfeft, firm as a rock 

gtet<$ jenen, like those 
bauen auf, to rely on 
gU ber fyit, at the time 
bte jJlotf, distress, need 
ftd)et safe, sure, certain. 



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NOTES. 

1. In speaking of motion, we carefully distinguish between 
the direction whence it comes and the direction whither it goes ; 
the former is expressed by §er, here, hither, hitherward, to 
this place (: towards the speaker or scene of action:), the 
latter by ^'jr, there, thither, forth, along, forward (away from 
the speaker or scene of action:). 

When narrating events at which we were not present, we 
use fov and i)ttt with reference to the spot from which we, in 
mind, view the event. 

£)ttt Uttb {jet, signifies: to and fro, that way and this way, 
backwards and forwards, about. 

Many separable particles are compounded with fjer or {jut, 
in order to denote a motion to or from the scene of action : — 

Sommen ©te tjetafc, Jjeratt, ijerauf, Ijerau3, 

Come (you) down here, near here, up here, out here, 
Ijerem, l?erukr, £erum, Remitter, ^rju, 
in here, over here, round here, down here, here, to this place, 

Ijerfct. 
here ; to the scene of action. 

@e£en ©te fynab, fynan, ijutauf, $mau$, 

Go (you) down there, near there, up there, out there, 

fn'ttauS, tjmew, fntuifrer, Jutmm, tjmunter, 

out from here, in there, over there, round there, down there, 
$tnjtt. 
there (to that place). 



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Xnkn ©te herein, step in here, come in here. 

£retett ©t'e Ijmeut, step in there, walk in. 

In answering to a knock at the door, we say fjcrctn ! come in ! 
Keep out! bletkn ©ie braufmt. 

©te fatten t^re ©pmnrabcfjen Ijertet get?clt. 
SBemt id) auct) glitcflf$ ^miikr fame, nrie lomme to) bann 
nneber Ijent&et ? 
SOStr lonnten fcetbe tjtnunter ftiirjen. 
(£r lann m'cfjt tjerem lommen. 
Saffen ©te tfm ijerem. 

Qin and t?er refer to specified localities ; they define the 
otherwise indefinite local direction denoted by the second 
component : — 

3ft 3$ r SSruber ju £aufe ?— 9?eut, er tft a a 6 gegangen. Ts 
your brother at home ? — No, he is gone out (without reference 
to place). 

3ft 3# r 33rabet Jn'er ?— 9Jem, er tft fo ekn £tnau$ gegan* 
gen. Is your brother here? — No, he is just gone out (of the 
room, or wherever the- speakers may be.) 

©efjett ©te m$t au3, do not go out; stay at home. 

@e£en ©te m$t |)tnau3, do not go out (of the room or any 
inclosed space where the persons are). 

2. When dependant on the verb lommen, to come, the past- 
participles of verbs denoting motion are used in the sense of 
progressive motion : — 

Sr lam getaufen, gefptungen, he came running, leaping, &c. 

£>a$ Zaxibtym lam ^jerfcet geftogen. 

&n grower Sfoufoogel lam nac^geftogem 

SBenn ber 2J?orgen antral unb Signed nod) fdtfief, ba lam baS 
£Md)en auf tfjr 3?opfltffen gefifogen unb ivecfte fte* 



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3. The Relative Pronouns are : — 
welder, ttetdje, toelqjes, 



ber, 



bie, 



n>er, 



X. meldjj-er 

G. &eld)-e$ 

D. roelc^-em 

A. redfy-tn 

N. ber 

G. fceffen 

I>. bem 

A. ben 



bas, 
roas, 

Declension, 
Singular. 
roelc§-e 
toeldj-er 
tt>el$-er 
tt>el$-e 

bie 
beren 
ber 
bte 



who, which, that 
who, that 



roeId?-es 

roeld)-em 
tteW;-e$ 

bejfen 

bem 

ba£ 



Plural. 

roet$-e 
tt>etdj-er 
n>elc^-en 
melc^-e. 

bte 

beren 
beneu 
bie. 



Masculine & Feminine. Neuter. 

N. tt>er, who, he who, whoever toa$, what 
G. toeffen, whose roeffen, Oon teas'), of what 

D roem, to whom ft>em, to, for or from what 

A. tt>ert, whom. tt>a^ ; what. 

No Plural. 

When the sentence begins with a relative pronoun, the 
finite verb is placed at the end; — 

2)er ©arten fcefanb ftdj am Stb^ange be3 23erge3 + 
gtau Ottilia unb grduiein Signed gingen nadj Sfcifc^e in ben 
©arten, ber jt^ am Slb^ange be^ Sergei be fan b* 

£>ie Xante fafi an bem SRanbe be$ £tf$$en3* 

„©u liebe$ S^ierc^en/' fagte zinfi Signed ju i^rer £aube, b i e 
an bem 3ianbe be3 Sifc^c^en^ faff, ;,t$ fait nun son bit jtyon 
9ttan#ec gelexnt, unb bin bir wUn £)anf f^ulbig." 



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Bit ergo£ten ft$ an bent <Spitk be3 SBaffcrS, bag im ©lattje 
ber Sonne JjeK toit $rijM empor f prang, unb in tanfenb 
funfeluben £ropfen son aUtn garfcen bes 9iegenBogen$ tt>feber 
$era$ftel« 

Signed £atte emjl mit t^rer gutter erne Heme OJetfe gematfjt, 
auf ber fte fe^r stele greuben gen of* 

(B tfttoo^I ntc^tiS aU irgenb ein SBogelein, bag jt§ sor bem 
©tofsogel $fe$e* gefCiic^tet % a t 

@3 tfi toafyx, fiir bte roentgen $orntetn, bie itf) ifjm tagti$ 
ftreue, fonnte ba6 SduMetn mcf)t banfbarer fern. 

£>te Ungtucf(t$en, bie i£re 3tfjTu$t ju un$ net) men, biirfen 
nur ntd)t serfbfen* 

2Ber nur ba$ @$Io$ ^atfea&urg in ber gerne txllidttt 
fegnete m fetnem §erjen bte eblen 2ttenf$en, bte tn'er tooljnten 
unb @ute$ t^aten, 

£>a3 ©$onjie, n> a 3 bu son ber Saute lewen t a n n ft t ji 
bod) uo$ iitrtg* 

©te getraute ftc§ ntdjt, ft$ umjufe^en, toa$ bag tootjl fetn 
moge, ba$ fo gefc^ttnnb in bte £auk herein geflogen *oar* 

There are conjunctions which require the finite verb to be 
placed at the end of the first part of the sentence, even after 
the participles and the infinitives, and the nominative of the 
next sentence, after its finite verb. 

Such are : 

aUj as, since, when toenn, if 

teoor, before ofcgletd), though 

US, till, until mm — au$, even if 

ba, as, since mil, because 

baj? , that toit, as 
na^bem, after that &c. 



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4. Compound Verbs 
are those that have certain particles as prefixes added to the 
primitive verb, in order to modify its original signification. 
They are either separable or inseparable. 

Inseparable Compound Verbs 
are formed by the particles fee, emp, eat, er, ge, gutter, wc f 
XobtTf jer* They differ in no respect from simple verbs, ex- 
cept that their participle past does not take the augment ge, 
as : fcefuc^en, to visit— £efu$t ; gefjoren, to belong — geprt; jer- 
fftSrett, to destroy — jerftovt, &c. 

Separable Compound Verbs. — The prefixes of the separable 
compound verbs are generally distinct prepositions, adverbs, 
or even substantives and adjectives. 

The separable compounds have the accent always on the 
prefix^ whereas the inseparable compounds have it on the verb. 

In the Infinitive, the particle remains prefixed : 

@ie ttJoKten ifyn m'cfrt emlaffen. 

St n>oflte e3 m$t emfe^en. 

Gr f owite btefe ®efd?r nify airoenfcen. 

3$ fterbe mit bem ermatteten Snakn nac&fontmetu 

©te ttoftten ftcf) fiir fitter au3get>en* 

3$ n>erbe ba3 nut t§m abmadjen* 

When the infinitive of separable compound verbs requires 
JU, to, it is inserted between the separable particle and the verb : 

3$ fjak gar SWanc^eo mtt i§m ab^u-mae^etu 

@r fcat mt$, itjn emjulajjen. 

The past participle takes the augment ge before the simple 
verb, and not before the prefix: — 

SBir f>o&en fca$ at-ge-ma^t. 

Sr ttmrbe ju Jalfentmrg m$t eingelaffen* 



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The separation takes place in the simple tenses (Present 
and Imperfect) and in the imperative mood. 

Particles which are separated from the verb, stand not 
only after the verb, but also after all the words in the sentence 
which are governed by, or depend on, it : — 

(2I6retfen, to depart ; ctfcgeretfet, departed.) 

2)te $5ilger reifen ab, the pilgrims depart, 
©ie reifeten gejlern ab, they departed yesterday. 
Stctfen ©ie ab I depart! 

Sr fdf?rt fort Sr futjr fort ftofytm ©te fort. 

St nafjm un$ auf. Sr na^m fie freunbtidj auf. 

©te gaien met f)er ; ft'e tfjeilten fciel auS. 

2>er^ttmtt>a$ter nta^te fete StJjiirauf. Sr ntac^te bie SPpr 
gu. 9Kaci)en ©te bte £f?iir auf. 2#a$en ©te bte Zfyixx ju, 

&onarbo martete &et £ifdje auf, 

SStr fudjen un3 auS ben Sletbern be3 3?ttter^ bte prd^ttgften 
auS, unb jiefjen ft'e an. 

3d; ftelje auf. ©te jknb auf. ©te ftanben auf. Qcij bin auf^ 
geftanben. 3$ tterbe aufj}efjen. 3$ Bin bt'efen 9)?orgen frfifc 
aufgeftanben. 3$ ^txit tnorgen fn$ aufjietjen. ©te tooflten 
in ber 9?ac^t aufpe^en, Sernen ©ie friit? aufjl:ef?en. 5 r ^ au fc 
fie^en ift gefunb. 

3$ nef)me mi§ in 2l$t. ©ie nafjm ftd) in St#t ©ie f)at ftct) 
ni$t in Slc^t genommen. ©ie ^a"6en 3Jnc ^leib m'djt genug in 
Stdjt genommen. 3$ ttifl mid) son nun an kffer in Slc^t ne^men. 
fftimm bid) in 2ld>t 9?etjnten ©ie ft$ in 2idjt 

Sr tarn nadj einigen Sagen juritrf. 2r fam fogteid) ttn'eber 
juriicf. @r ijl juriicJ gefommen. 3$ 3£ r 2Sater f$on junta 
gefommen ? Sr ift nod) nid)t juriicJ gefommen, ©ie nnrb nidjt 
fo Mb juriicf fommen. SSann #erben ©ie juriicf fommen ? 3$ 
tterbe fogletdj jurucffommen. 



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£)er Sttonb ge$t cmf. ©te Sonne gtng urn fecfj3 U$r auf. S)fe 
©terne ftnb aufgegangen. ®er 9#onb tt>trb mc§t $or $e§tt Ufjr 
aufgefjen. 

3d; gefje au3, ©te gtng att& Sr tjl urn jttwtf UfjtauSgegan* 
gen. 23tr merben um brei tt§r au3gef?en, 2)?etne Sttern Herbert 
£eute m$t au3ge§en. 

3$ jtejje metnen fclauen 9todE an, Sr jog feme grime 25efie 
an. 3$ ^6e meinen fd&toarjen 3?ocf attgejogen. 3$ ^erbe 
morgen metnen fcraunen ^ocf cmjtefjen. Sitfw ©fe 3#ren 
neuen 9?ocf an. Sr tjatte etned ber plgerffetber angejogen. 

©e$en ©te 3|re« £ut auf. Sr fjat fetnen neuen £ut aufge* 
fe£t 3$ iwrbe bt'efen iput morgen auffe^en. ©e£en ©te 3&?e 
£itte auf, metne *perren. Sr fyattt emen 3D?uf(§eI§ut aufgefe^t. 

Snopfcn ©te 3$ren 8?od ju. 3$ fnopfte metnen 9?o(J jin 
Sr tjl jugefnopft. 3$ ^te $» jugefnopft. Sr fnopfie fern 
©e&anb ju. finopfen ©te 3M dlo&t S«/ nteme £erren. 

©te giinbet bas £tcj)t an* ©te §at bte Stater angejiinbet. 
SBtr rcoHen ba$ 2tcf;t anjiinben. 3« n ^^ @ te ^ Stc^t an. 

Sa3 ©djiff fegelt a'6. S3 fegelte geftern afc. S3 ijl ^orgeftern 
a&gefegeli. S3 n>trb morgen abfegeln. 

Sr ttarf ben ©teg ab. ©te toarfen ben ©teg ab. ©te fyabm 
ben ©teg aftgetoorfen. 2)er etnjfge ©teg iifcer ben ©trom tft 
aigemorfen. 2Str moHen ben ©teg afcrcerfen. 

Signed ftitjrte ba$ nut £iitfe. etne3 £duBd)en3 au3. 23 tv 
£afcen unfer 33or$afcen au3gefii§rt. 3$ fann mem 33ot$afcen 
m$t ausfii^ren* ©te toerben \§x 2Sor§aten bann ausgefuf)ri 
f)akn. 

Sr ftng an ju ttet'nen. ©te ftngen an, son t^rer 9?etfe $u 
erjdttfen. ©te ftngen an, £)eutf$ ju fpre^en. ©tnb ©te ferttg ? 
3$ fjate nocf) xtify angefaugen. 2Sa$ foil t$ anfangen ? 



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5. All diminutives ending in djett and lent, are of the neuter 
gender, of whatever gender the substantives may be from 
which they are formed, as : 

ber guff, foot ; bag pf^ett, little foot 

bet 23ogeI, bird ; bag 23ogeletn, little bird 

bte Zaubt, dove ; ba$ Zixv&fytn or ZavAUin 

bte ZfyiiTf door ; ba$ Zfymfym 

ba$ Sorn, grain ; ba£ ^orn^en or Sowlem 

ba$ 2luge, eye ; ba$ Sleuglem. 

Thus we use : 

ba$ Sttanndjen (derived from ber 9D?ann)> 

ba£ gtattfeut (derived from bte $tau). 

ba$ 2}?agbtem or 2ttabcf>en (der. from bte 2)?agb ; bte 9D?atb). 

6. The Subjunctive Mood is used in German in sentences 
in which either words or ideas of another person, or of the 
person who speaks, are indirectly quoted. 

In such sentences^ the subjunctive mood of that tense is 
used, the indicative of which was employed by the speaker : — 

Direct: Grfagte: „3dj $ y abt metjrere dlaubtx etngefangen unb 
ben @ert$ten ukrltefert, bte itfcrtgen afcer jerfprengt, fo ba§ 
nun ftneber 3?utje unb ©t$er§eft im Sanfce iji" 

Indirect: (£r erjafjlte, ttue er meJjrere tauter etngefangen unb 
ben ©ertc^ten ufcerltefert, bte iifcrtgett after jerfprengt $ a 6 e, 
fo bafj nun nn'eber 9?u£e unb ©t$erf)ett fat Sanbe feu 

Direct: Slitter Zfyobatb fagte ju StMent Smma: „©te miiffen 
3*>r StauMetn anfangS toofjl etnf^ltefien, fonjl tt>iirbe e$ fo* 
gletc& juriicf ftiegem ©o toett es audj t'jt, e$ fmbet ben 
SSeg jt^er/ 1 



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Indirect : (Smma rtef : 3*$t faflt mir em, ttie toix erne SBotfc^aft 
na$ gatfetf&urg fc^icfen fonnen* Slitter S^eofcalb fagte nttr / 
tdj miiffe mem £auHein anfangS too^t einfc^tiefen, fonft 
nrntbe e$ fogteiclj jurittJ fltegen* ©o tt>eti e$ au$ fet, es 
ftnbe ben SBeg ftdjer* 

Direct : 3?ofaIinbe fagte: „3#r 2Seg g e^ t Jtafe an galfenfcurg 
^ortet, unb fitter ££eo5atb, ber erft $or eutem f>aar £agen 
son eutem 9?itte ^etmgefommen ift, n>trb oI?ne 3wetfel norfj 
ju ipaufe fern." 

Indirect : Siofalutbe x>erftc^erte tfm, bafi t£r SBeg nafje an gal* 
I enBurg sorfjei g e 9 e, unb baf dtitkx £[)eoMb, ber erji fcor 
eutem $aar £agen *>on einem SWtte ■fjeim gefommen fet, ofme 
3weffel nod; ju £aufe fern tt> e r b e, 

©te batten, em geuerjet^en am $timttel miiffe e3 il;nen 
aerfihiben, ftenn We Zauit mit bem Sriefcften nidjt ric^tig 
eingeiroffen ware* 

@ie erjdttfte, bag gatfenfotrg in ©efa{?r jie$e, burcE) fteuer 
unb @(^mevbt *>erf)eert ju tterben* 

Gr erjd^Ite auSfii^rlid), n>ie ber jimgere dt&tibtx fur tijn gefcten 

Sr ^erna^m au$ i!?ren 9teben, bafr fte feme n^a^ren fh'Iger 
f ef en, unb bag t'^nen biefe ©egenb gar nu$t fremb feu 

£)u toofltejl e$ mir immer auSreben, bag unfere Zfyakn fcofe 
f eien unb bag ©ott ba3 33ofe furc^terlicJj jlrafe* 

@te $atte au$ ben ©efprad^en ber $$tlger seroommen, bag fte 
beS 2Bege$ unfunbtg feiett. 

Sr licg |t$ m'cfjtS merfen, bag er i£re ©pracfje ser$e$ e, 

SDietn ©tiCf$tt>eigen ttar ni$t £art$erjtgfett ; i$ ufcertegte 
nur, tok id) bie eble gutter unb ba$ gute $inb retten tonne. 



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The subjunctive imperfect is often employed instead of the 
conditional tense, and the subjunctive pluperfect instead of 
the second conditional : 

2Benn ba$ Unternetjmen fe$tf$tuge, fo gtnge e3 unS fefir vAtU 

2m veneres ©efc^enf tt>dre t$r mcf?t fo angeneljm ge&efen, 
unb Jjatte fte *>tefletc§t nur gebemut^tgt. 

£atte t$ btefer ©ttmme in utir geglautt, ttne gliicfltcf) ftdve icf; 
tm Sergletd) mi memem je|tgeh 3^P^be ! 

3)a3 »are aKe$ gitt, aflem mix i)i fret bent ipanbet bocij fcange. 

SXuf metne 3?eben fatten fie toem'g gea^tet, 

SSenn bte Zav&t ben nmten gtttg m<$t cnt^^telte, unb ffrf) 
*>erfpateie, a<#, tt>el$ em entfe§It$e$ UngliicJ entftdnbe baraus ! 

Jpdtte er ben armen Snaten mcf)t soli Srfcarmens mtt ft$ auf 
few ©djtofi genommen--rote fldnbe e£ )[e|t mtt urn ? 

9Ba3 gate td) um erne gute *9?a$rtc#t fcon galfenfcurg ! 

SBa3 mem ©c^meri ntd)t $ermod)t Ijatte,— bag fii^rte grduletn 
@mma mtt £ulfe emeS Xftt&fetnl au& 

<£r ware fcemafje in bte gelfettfluft ^ma&gejiurjt. 

Sr !)atte ben Seamen Seonarbo Itefcer ge^ort 

3d? mod)ie ber Itekn Smma erne Kerne gxeube ma$ett. 

SEflatt mii^te Stugel £aften, um ba tumikr ju fommen* 

Sr mufjte often feet ben genftertt fymtin gef(ogen fern. 

SDciif ieft bu bid? md)t fdjamen, mm in trager toareji alg erne 
£att6e? 

SBenn tdj ^offen fonnte, tytt ?u ipaufe ju fmben, fo Kefl id? mtd) 
ben Umtt>eg ntd)t serbttefen* 

The future is sometimes used to express probability or 
mere supposition : — 

@r rotvb nod? JU ipaufe fern, I have no doubt (or 1 dare say) 
he is still at home. 

2>a£ mrb grofj e Stfe fja&en. 



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7. A term preceded by $$tl f from, which merely denotes the 
starting point in regard to place or time, is often followed by 
another preposition used adverbially, as : an$ ; auf, an* 

Son l)ter an$ fieft man e3 fcffer, from this place you can see 
it better. 

Son unten auf, from below upwards. 

Son bent £age art, from that day onwards, 

Son j[e§t (or nun) an, henceforth, 

Son nun an gtng fte me me^r jur 3£n!je, fee^or fte ©oit far fete 
^reuben unb 23of?lt£aten be3 &age$ t§ren tnm'gjlen ©anf barge^ 
foacfji £atte« 

Son nun an gltdj t§r nrnff e3 S'letb imutcr bent retnen neuge^ 
faflenen ©djnee* 

8. @o — , <d$ — , or fo — f as — as — 
fo talb aU or fo fcalb, as soon as. 

fo ioiel al$ or fo ^iel, as much as ; as far as, &c, &c, 
©oBalb Signed bte 2#itre be$ nteblt^en £aftg£ offnete, f(og 
$a§ Zanbd)tn fjerau^ 
©o ml id) fe$e, pa&en ©te &oflfontmen recpt 
©te fatten xet'ten fo f^neG fte fomteiu 

9. However (i.e. in vjhatsoever degree) when followed by 
an adjective or adverb, is rendered by f o ♦ • • audj ; or fo + , 

However often, fo oft and). 

However great or great as, fo grofj and). 

@o totit e$ au $ tjl, fte ftttbet ben 2Beg ftd?ei\ 

©o met fte (: auc^ :) |ergakn unb au3t£citten, fo fatten fie 
feodj nte SXaiigeL 

Stttf ntetne Steben fatten fte ttent'g geadjtei, fo liar id) t£nen 
and) t§r ttnrecf;t sor 2Iugen tegie* 

28er mcpt fri$ ternt, jebeS jetttt^e ©ui, fo ttefc e£ ifym and) 
fei, fur bfe 3D?enf<$cn git opfent, »>trb fte nte iva^aft litbm. 



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10. When the possessive pronouns {see Article) are not im- 
mediately joined with a substantive, but refer to a preceding 
one, they assume in the masculine gender er, in the feminine 
e, and in the neuter e$, as : ntetn-er, ntetn-e, metn-e3 ; plur. 
ntetn-e, mine, and are declined after the first form for the de- 
clension of adjectives. 

Or they take the definite article, and then are declined after 
Declension II. of Adjectives :— 

ber metne, bte metne, ba3 metne; plur. bte memen, mine 
ber unfere, bte unfere, ba6 unfere ; ,, bte unferen, ours 

&c. &c. 

Or the syllable tg is joined to the pronoun, as: 
ber metn-tg-e, bte metmge, ba3 metmge; bte metmgen, mine 

&c. &c. 

declined after declension II. of Adjectives. 

£>te SOTetmgen, bte ©etmgen, bte ttnfrtgen, bte 3$rigen, &c 
signify those belonging to me, to him, to us, to you, as rela- 
tions, servants, soldiers, or adherents of any kind. 

Die 2J?etmgett $afcen mt<$ ^erlaffen, my people have for- 
saken me. 

SBte fceftnben ft<$ bte 3#rtgen? how are your friends ? How 
are all at home ? 

23te roerben ftd; bte Unfttgen freuen, wig ttneber ju feJjen ! 

©te ix)uflten tfm mft SBetfc unb Smb unb afien ben ©etmgen 
ermorbem 

©te rotten ben fitter £fjeo£alb mft aOen ben ©etmgen er^ 
morbem 

2Btr fjakn (£u$ ( : or 3#tten:) unb ben Ijo^unb lk$mtfy& 
fieri Surtgen (:3£rtgen:) no$ ©tunben lang iM>n ^oljenforrg 
ju endtjlen. 



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©a$ Sftemtge, ba$ 3$nge, &c, means: my or your pro- 
perty ; my or your duty or obligation : 

3$ fate i>a$ 9J?emt'ge fcertoren, I have lost my property. 

SBtr faten ba$ Unfrtge $erloren> 

©te faten ba$ 3#rtge fcerloren. 

3$ $afce ba$ SWetmge getfjan, I have done my duty, I have 
done all I could (or can). 

28tr fjo&en ba$ Unfrtge getfjam. 

Sr $at ba$ ©emtge getl^an* 

©te |wt ba$ -SlJn'ge ge$an* 

©te fmten ba3 Sfjrtge gettjan* £afcn fte ba$ SJjrtge getfjan ? 

©te ^a^ert ba3 3#rtge getf?am ipaften ©te ba$ 3#rfge getljan ? 

£fjun ©te ba3 3#nge unb laffeti ©te bann ©ott forgen* 

11. Suttttat, once upon a time; one day. 

(Smmat art emem fdjonen ^ettetn ©ommertage gmgen $rait 
Dtttfta unb gxMem Signed na$ £tfdje in ben ©arten* 

(Sutmal fam dtitUx S^eofcalfr son emem 3*tge gegen «nc jaltf* 
tetdje SWu&ertanbe juritci 

Surntal fafj Signed an bent offenen $enf£er utib naf?te. 

(&$Ukn fte etnmal in erne aljntt$e 9fa>t§ fommen, fo tterben 
fie au$ etnen 2lrm finben, ber fte rettet 

Sluf etnmal, all at once, on a sudden. 

3)te bdmmernbe Sftonbna^t gttd) auf etnmal bem {?eflen Sage. 

9lu$t etnmal, not even. 

©te fatten m$t emmal 3eft gefunben. ba3 ©$u>eri jn jt'eljen. 
@r Joerlangte nt'^t etnmal etnen 2)anf bafiir. 
9?od) emmal, once more, a second time, 
nod; emmal fo fctel, twice as much. 
©ie fatten erne bo^.efte greube baran, unb banften ©ott noc§ 
tinmal fo $erjtt# fiir femen m'cfjen ©egen* 

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130 

St'nmal Cor 'mat), just, merely. 
Socfe tfjm etnmal, fagtc bte Sautter. 
£)a, trinl etnmal auf unfer 2Bo§L 

^itrcfjie bu$ m$t, $nak ! $omm nut etnmal §er ; t$ tragc 
btdj fnnitfcer. 



defunct. 



12. ©eltg, blissful; saved in heaven; deceased, late, 
; funct. 

3)?etn feltger 23ater, my deceased father. 
Thus : metne feltge Gutter ; mem feltger 9)?ann (husband), 
metne feltgc graii (wife) ; bet feltge Slitter* 



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CHAPTER I. 

Page 37. 

Name the following cases : 

2iuf bem Sc^Ioffe. 23or metjrern 3^r£mnberien + Wlit femer 
frommen ©ema§Iuro. 3^ (i. e. in bem) Sanbe* 3>n f^nen 
macijtigen ©$u§, Unter bte 9?ot$Ietbenben, 3** fceit £ttttan 
SSon ac$t 3^ren* ©egen bte 2Kenfc§etu 3^ feinem ^erjen. 
Unter fete moi?%£enbfien gamilien. 

Translate : 

2)er fitter mar tapfer* Sr mar ebelmiit&ig- 2r mar efcen fo 
ebdmiitijig al3 tapfer. 2(gnes mar bte Softer biefer trefflidjen 
Sftern. 23ie alt mar fte ? ©ie mar ac^t 3>a$re alt. 23t'e att 
ftnb ©ie? 3$ tt'n a$i$e$n 3»a$re alt. Signer mar bte lautere 
©lite unb greunbltc^fett gegen bte 9Senf$en* gran Ottilia mar 
fromm, 3J>r©$Iofi mar etn ft^erer 3«flu^t^ort aller 2Irmen* 
©iefe 2lrmen ftnb etner £mtfe mertf). 

SBofmt £>err 8 fuer? $a, er mofjnt fner, 9?ein, e.x mo^nt 
ni$t frier* 2Bo§nen ©ie £)ier? $a.— S^etn* — 23o moimen ©ie ? 
3d) mo^ne fu'er. 2Ser moljnt £ter ? £>err 9?. — @r fegnete bte 
eblen 9??enfc^en, bte $ter mo^nten. fitter £f)eobalb lette <mf 
bem ©d)toffe galfenburg. Sr lette bort mtt femer frommen 
©ema|jlt'mu ©ie lefcten bort £or me^rern 3^^^^nberten + S3 
ma$te t§m 23ergmigen, 2ttenf$en glucf Ii$ gu mac^en. £3 macfjte 
ifjr greube, Slnberen gfreube ju tnadjen, ©ieS macf)te t'^r bte 
grofte greube* ©ie fcefu^te bte Sranfen in ben ipiitten ber fcenac£* 
fcarten Scaler* 

gr nafmt atte 23ebrangte in fetnen ©$u§. 5r serlangte bafiir 
nitit einmat einen 2)ant ©ie fannie feine grofere greube, att 
Slnbern gteube ju matfjen* ^ennen ©ie tfm? Sonnen ©ie ba$ 



132 

t^un? ®ute$ tfmn, ©ie tljut ®uk$. ©ie tfjat ©uteS* ©ie 

tfcatett ©ute^. ©ie i$at met @nte$* fetytfat fte ©ute$? 2Bet 

t|)at @utei3 ? 
©aien fte ml $er ? ££eilten fte Jotel a\t$ ? grew Ottilia 

fpenbete tet<$ltt$e ©aten unter bie Sfotljteibenben auS. 
£)iefe §lrnten ttaren einer iptilfe tt>er$* 
gr erWicfte ben f^tjen £fmrm ber galfenfcutg $on gtroe* 
2)iefe eblen 2)?enf$en rcofmen auf bent ©tfjloffe gaWenfcurg* 
©ie |at bie notfjleibenben ftxanfm in ben £ititen fcefu^t. 

Relative Pronouns remove the finite verb to the end of the clause : — 

3^r ©c&Iof toax ein 3nfIuc^t^ort after Strmen, bie etner £filfc nxrtf) 
ttaren. 
SB er ben I;o|>en Stmtm ber galfenfcurg soon gerne ertltcfte,— 
2)te eblen Sftenfrfjen, tt> e ( $ e auf bem ©$Ioffe galfenfcurg n> o $ n e n,— 
©te notyletbenben Sranfen in ben §>fitten, n>el$c fte befud;t f?ai— 

Sr na^m afle SSebrangte &ett um^er int Sanbe in feinen mac$* 
ttgen @$tt$. 

Inverted : — (See p. 36). 

2lUe Sebranfltc ivett um^er tm Sanbe na£m er in feinen nta.$itgcn 

3n feinen ma^tigen Scf?u£ nal;nt er aHe 23ebrdngte tt>ett um$er im 
Sanbe, 



Translate : 

The knight Theobald lived in the castle (o/)* Falkenburg. 
He lived there with his pious wife. The knight was generous 
and brave. His wife was pious. He took all the oppressed 
into (: i. e. under :) his powerful protection. He claimed for it 
not even a thank. It gave to him pleasure to make people 
happy. This pleasure was to him reward enough. Lady 
Ottilia distributed liberal gifts among the needy. She visited 



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the sick in the cottages of the neighbouring valleys. Her 
castle was the safe asylum of all the poor whoever (: who :) 
deserved assistance. Miss Agnes was the only daughter of 
these excellent parents. Agnes was a young lady of about 
eight years. She was the pure (:t.c very:) kindness and 
affability towards people. She knew no greater pleasure than 
to cause pleasure to others. Parents and daughter were uni- 
versally venerated and loved. He perceived the high tower 
of the Falkenburg. He blessed in his heart the noble people 
who lived there. The blessing of God rested on Theobald and 
Ottilia. They gave much away.f They distributed much. 
They suffered never want, much as they gave away. They 
belonged to the most wealthy noble families in the country. 

* The castle of Falkenburg, ka$ ©$tof gaIfen&Ut$. 

Proper names of countries, towns, villages, &c, do not stand in the 
genitive, when connected with their common names ; they stand in appo- 
sition, to them : — 

The kingdom of England, ba$ ilomgretd) SttQlOttb, 

The city of Hambro', fcie <Btatt $a\XlbUTQ. 

f They gave much away, fee QObtn tticl f)er*— (See p. 122.) 

Much as they gave away, fo tnel fie ^ercjaben. — C See P- 1 2 ?0 

©tc fatten O titteri) hie 2#angel. 

They suffered never want. 

In German, the adverb follows the finite verb : — 

We often speak of you, tint fptecfrert ft £0rt 3J)nm 

In the natural order of construction, the finite verb always occupies the 
second place in the sentence ; therefore adverbs can never be placed be- 
tween the nominative and the verb. 



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CONVERSATION. 



28er lefcte auf bent ©djloffe 

galfenlmrg ? 
2Bo leite ber 9?tttct £$eo*aIb? 
SBamt lefcie ber 9? titer gfjeo* 

talb auf bem ©djjtoffe gal* 

f enfcurg ? 
2Bar baS ©c^Io^ alt ? 
2Sar ber 9? titer tapfer ? 
SBie Jjief bie ©emaftfinn be$ Ottilia. 

Setters '? 
SGBar fte fromm ? 
SSer mar fromm ? 



2)er fitter £$eoialb. 



Stttf bem @<$loffe galfea&urg. 
3Sor metjrew 3afjrijunberten 



3a. 

3a. 



28ar ber fitter ebelmutfjig ? 

9}c$m er bte 33ebrangten in 

feinen ©$u§? 
£8er nat)tn bie 23ebrangten in 

feinen madjtigen ©$u£? 
SSen natjm ber ebelmiit^ige unb 

tapfere dtitkx S^eotalb in 

feinen ®d;u£? 
*8erlangte er 2)anl bafiir ? 

28a3 Yoax tym SotjneS genug ? 

SOBer fpenbete rei$li$e ®abm 
unter bie 3?ottjleibenben au$ ? 



3a. 

gran Ottilia, bie ©ematmnn 

be$ fitters £$eo*alfc 
3a; er tt>ar ekn fo ebefamt^ig 

aU tapfer. 
3a. 

2)er ebelmiitfnge unb tapfere 

Slitter £f>eoklb. 
2lHe S3ebrangte wit umljer im 

Sanbe. 

9?ein, er fcerlangte ni$t einmal 
einen ©an! fur feinen @$u$, 

£)a$ SSergnugen, 2ttenf$en ju 
fcegliiden* 

Srau Ottilia. 



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2Bct$ fpenbete $rau Ottilia 


9?ei$Ii$e ©afcem 


unter bfe 9?ot(?leibenbett au$ ? 




Sefudjte fte bie $ranfen ? 


3a. 


2Ber tefuc^te bie Sranfen ? 


grau Ottilia. 


2Beti*efm$iefte? 


2)ie $ranfen in ben Qixttm 




ber fcena^krten Scaler. 


Qabtn ©ie 3^ren 33ruber 6e* 


9tan. 


fu$t? 




£at 3§r ©ruber ©ie fcefudtf ? 


9?ein. 


2Sar ifjr ©$to£ ein 3«fltt(^W* 


3a. 


ort ber 2lrmen? 




gur men mar $r ©djlof ein 


$ixx afte Strmen, bie nur immer 


ftt^erer 3rtftu$t3ort? 


einer #ulfe toertfj maren. 


2Sie $tefi bie einjige Softer 


Signed. 


biefer trefffidjen SItern ? 




2Bar fte ein guteS $inb ? 


3a, fte mar bie lautere ©iite 



2Bie alt mar fte? 

2Bie alt ftnb©ie? 

2Bie aft ift 3£r Sruber ? 

aBieaftift3$re®$wejier? 

2Ba3 mac$te ifjr gro£e greube? 



SSurben Sltern unb Softer aO* 
gemein serefcrt unb geliefct ? 

2Ba3 t$at t'eber, ber nur bie 
galfenfcurg erMufte? 

2Bo mo^nen ©ie ? 



unb greunblicfyfeit gegen bie 
STOeufd^em 

gtma ac^t 3af>re. 
3$ tin fteknje^n 3<*!Jre alt. 
gr ijl a^tjeJjn 3a$re ait 
©ie iji fimfje^n 3>a$re alt 
©ie fannte feme gri>£ ere g?reube f 

al$ Slnberen greube gu 

macfjin. 
3a, fte murben attgemein $er* 

eljrt unb geliefct 
Sr fegnete in feinem $erjen bie 

eblen SDtafdjen, bie bort 

mofmten unb ®\xtt$ t^aten. 
3$ mofjne in Stfifegton. 



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2Bo tto^nen $1)xt gltetn ? 
2Ber fegnete tn feinem £erjen 

ben fitter Sljeobalb, feme 

©entatjlinn unb feine Softer ? 
9?u^te ber ©egen ©otteS uber 

S^eoklb, Ottilia unb Signed ? 
®abm fie *>iel $er, unb fyzilten 

fte siet au3 ? 
SSer petite fciel au$ ? 

fatten fte je Mangel? 



2Bar ber fitter wtyfyabtxti ? 
2Ber ttar tooltffjaknb ? 
SSaren fte ttoljl^aftenb ? 



3n $ec^am, 

2Ber nur ben #o£en £$urm ber 

gatfen&urg son §etne er* 

Wicfte, 
3a, re$t ftdtftar* 

fitter £$eoMb, feine ©emat)* 

linn unb feine £o$ter. 
9?ein, fte fatten me Mangel, fo 

ml fte au&) tjergafcen unb 

au^t^eiften. 
3a, er war fe$r ttofrtfjaknb* 
Ser fitter djeoMb, 
3a, fte getjorten unter bie toofa 

tjafonbflen abeltgen gamttten 

im Sanbe* 



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